composer
Ton de Leeuw was born on November 16, 1926 in Rotterdam. He died on May 31, 1996 in Paris (France).
In 1949, after some years of composition lessons with Henk Badings, ...
related works
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice solo; Voice and piano; Voice and instrument(s)
Instruments:
voice solo ; voice pf ; voice perc pf ; voice vc ; 4voices
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and instruments
Instruments:
GK4 community-singing h 2trp trb 2org
Carbone notata : for mixed choir and accordion, 2006, opus 34b / text: Wiel Kusters, Marijn Simons
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and instruments
Instruments:
GK4 acc
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and instruments
Instruments:
GK4 perc pf
composition
Transparence : for mixed choir and brass instruments, version for trumpet, 2 horns, 2 trombones and tuba, 1986 / Ton de Leeuw
Other authors:
Chibli
(librettist)
Halladj, Mansoer Al-
(librettist)
Ibn Abbad
(librettist)
Ibn Ata Allah
(librettist)
Rumi, Djalal Al-Din Muhammad
(librettist)
Contains:
O toi, qui m'as enivré ... / tekst v. Halladj
Il se voile ... / tekst v. Ibn Abbad
Pourquoi ne veux-tu pas ... / tekst v. Rumi
a. O toi, qui m'as enivré ... / tekst v. Halladj b. Mon instant s'est éternisé / tekst v. Chibli c. O mystère que l'Etre apparaisse / tekst v. Ibn Ata Allah
Description:
Program note (English): (Première: November 15, 1986 - Vondelkerk Amsterdam - Dutch Chamber Choir, and the Dutch Wind Ensemble, Lucas Vis, conducting) - The four movements should sound of poems by Arab mystics from the tenth to the fourteenth century. These poems define experiences the mystics experienced in different conscience states on their divine route. These experiences find their result in this music, as a result of which each part having its own character. As with almost all my compositions 1980, Transparence can also be place in what I have called provisionally: 'widened modality'. This can be as a contemporary generalisation and build up of the large principles of the Asian and early Western modal systems. A description of this falls beyond the specifications of this program note. One aspect, which is worth touching on, is the spiritual dimension of making music, next to the aesthetic aspects, becomes increasingly meaningful. The title Transparence is taken from the second poem. This term
also plays a role in the Asian mysticism. Apparently the experiences of mystics are similar all over the world. The words 'transparence' and 'lumière' indicate, furthermore, the very important role of colour and symbolism in this work. - TON DE LEEUW