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
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
4042 2sax-t 0042 4vla 4cb
Beyond the World's Dust : for two oboes, two bassoons, two horns and strings / Amos Elkana
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
2ob 2fg 2h str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments:
0000 3sax 1330 pf 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).