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Lent, vague, indécis : for instrumental ensemble, 1992-93 / Diderik Wagenaar
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
1121 1000 cel harm hp 2vl vla vc cb
Meditazione II : per 12 strumenti, opus 93, 1994 / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
1111 1000 mar(vibr) pf 2vl vla vc cb
Passacaglia in blue : for 12 windinstruments and double bass, (1972) / Willem Frederik Bon
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
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Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players); Orchestra
Scoring:
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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).