related works
Antiphonie : voor blaaskwintet en vier klanksporen / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind quintet; Electronics with different instruments; Wind quintet with multimedia
Scoring:
fl ob cl h fg tape
De grens (full version) : Chamber opera in two scenes / Jan-Peter de Graaff, libretto Yuri Robbers
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
zang cl-b acc perc vn db
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
9soloists GK4 3333 sax-a 3331 timp perc cel str
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
Brecht: Baritone; Cas: Baritone; Marie: Soprano; Bittersüss; Mezzo-soprano; Mathilde: Alto c.q. Mezzo-soprano.
Ensemble: Piano; Trumpet in C; Clarinet in B-flat; Alto-Saxophone; Percussion; Double-Bass.
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