related works
Stadium : for two pianos, 1981 / Diderik Wagenaar
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
2pf
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
0000 3sax 1330 pf cb
Smoking Mirror : for ensemble or chamber orchestra / Marijn Simons
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
In Paradisum : for ensemble, 1999-2000 / Jan Vriend
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl(pic fl-a) ob(eh) cl cl-b fg cfg 2h trp trb perc pf hp 2vl 2vla 2vc cb
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).