related works
Invocations : for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir and instrumental ensemble, 1983 / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring:
sopr-m 3sopr 3alt 3ten 3bas 3cl h trb 2perc pf(el.pf)
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
soloists 2recit GK4 3343 4431 timp 3perc hp pf str dancers
Philomela : opera in zes taferelen / libretto: Jan Engelman, door Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
8soloists GK4 MK 3222 4220 timp perc hp str dancers
Alceste : Opera / Ton de Leeuw; tekst Ton de Leeuw (naar Euripides)
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
sopr sopr-m ten bar MK fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2trp 2trb db perc hp pf
composition
Antigone : muziekdrama, naar een vrije bewerking van Sophocles door de componist / Ton de Leeuw
Author(s):
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