composer
Diderik Wagenaar studied music theory (with Jan van Dijk, Hein Kien en Rudolf Koumans) and piano (with Simon Admiraal) at the Royal Conservatory of Music in The Hague.
Since 1990 ...
related works
Lent, vague, indécis : for instrumental ensemble, 1992-93 / Diderik Wagenaar
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
1121 1000 cel harm hp 2vl vla vc cb
Pantomima : for orchestra, 2002 / Diderik Wagenaar
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
3030 2sax 1330 vib cel g g-b 2pf vl vc cb
Meditazione I : per dodici strumenti, for ensemble, opus 80, 1990, revisie 1994 / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
1111 1000 vibr pf 2vl vla vc cb
Demontage : themes and variations, for ensemble, 1994/1996 / Gilius van Bergeijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
1121 1110 perc cel(pf) 2vl vla vc cb
composition
Lent, vague, indécis : for instrumental ensemble, 1992-93 / Diderik Wagenaar
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).