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Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
GK4 2fl/picc 3fl/fl-a 2ob eh 2cl cl-b cl-cb 4h 3trp 2trb tb-b 2perc cimp 2hp cel pf str
A flower given to my daughter : for orchestra / Rob du Bois
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2233 sax 2221 perc acc pf 3cb
Bending the bone : for ensemble / Henk van der Meulen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl 3sax h 3tpt 3trb pf db
First floor : for wind instruments, 2 double basses, piano and percussion, 1989 / Maarten Altena
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2222 2220 perc pf 2cb
composition
Lent, vague, indécis : for instrumental ensemble, 1992-93 / Diderik Wagenaar
Other authors:
Wagenaar, Diderik
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): 'Lent, vague, indécis' is a visual inspired composition. The piece is a variation on the fourth prelude from the cycle opus 74 by Alexander Skrjabin. It derives it title from the performance notes by Skrjabin. The prelude has very pronounced rhythms and is one of Skrjabin's latest pieces in which the so-called 'Prometheus-chord' is missing*.
In 'Lent, vague, indécis' Skrjabin's harmonization is being harmonized. The changes in harmony are provided with simple or more complex resonance-chords. The original successive chords are delayed by one group of instruments and accelerated by another group. Some are repeated, others are left out. Therefore, we can describe the piece as a distorted memory to the prelude by Skrjabin.
- DIDERIK WAGENAAR * 'The Prometheus-chord' is named after Skrjabin's so called composition for piano and orchestra: Prométhée, le "Poème du Feu" op. 600 (1910).