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Arc III : La Flèche : for string quartet / Daan Manneke

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

Styx : Opera / Chiel Meijering; tekst van Imme Dros, bewerkt door Joke Hoolboom

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: zang fl sax-a sax-t sax-bar h 3trp 3trb drum pf g-e-b

De spiegel uit Venetië / Hendrik Andriessen

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: 2sopr 2alt 2ten bar bas 2222 2200 timp perc cemb str

Hôtel de Pékin : dreams for a dragon queen, opera / music: Willem Jehts, libretto: Friso Haverkamp

Genre: Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre: Opera
Scoring: soloists GK4 MK2 fl fl(pic) ob ob(eh) 2cl fg fg(cfg) 2h trp trp(trp-p) trb-t trb-b tb 5timp cel(pf, el. pf) 8perc str(12.10.8.6.4.) erhu-solo

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