related works
Arc III : La Flèche : for string quartet / Daan Manneke
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
AUW! Een prikkelende Opera : Opera / Erik Lotichius; text by the composer
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
A Lamp-post: Mezzo-soprano; A Cactus: Baritone; A Young man; temporary transformed into a Scorpion.
Ensemble: Flute; Clarinet/basClarinet; Piano.
De passie van Johannes Mattheus Lanckohr : opera / Daan Manneke; libretto: Jo Janssen
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
3soloists GK4 fl(pic) cl trp trb 2perc org/el.org cb
Tereus : 4 solostemmen, koor en orkest, 2003 / libretto: Imme Dros, Bernard van Beurden
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
4soloists GK5 1121 1211 timp perc hp 3vc cb
composition
Antigone : muziekdrama, naar een vrije bewerking van Sophocles door de componist / Ton de Leeuw
Other authors:
Leeuw, Ton de
(Text writer/Librettist)
Sophocles
(Text writer/Librettist)
Leeuw, Ton de
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Rather than an expressionistic approach, there is lucid, reserved intensity, sober vocal line with a nearly liturgical character, and - despite the apparent simplicity - strict modal cyclicity (as has been outlined for example in the doctoral thesis written by Dr R. de Groot: "Compositie en intentie van Ton de Leeuws muziek" [Composition and intention in the music of Ton de Leeuw], University of Amsterdam).
Rather than being set as a confrontation between individuals, three of the four roles are interpreted by choirs. The only soloist is Antigone but neither does her role dominate.
A stylised approach rather than realism. To give an example, in the dialogue between Antigone and Ismene, the characters sing their thoughts simultaneously rather than in alternation with each other. - TON DE LEEUW