related works
24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Don't disturb : for wind ensemble, percussion, piano and double bass / Paul Bruinen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
3222 3sax 2331 perc pf cb
Sketches : for 13 = thirteen instruments, opus 21, oktober 1968 / Willem Frederik Bon
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2220 1100 4vc cb / 0020 1100 4vl 2vla 2vc cb
Groter, langer, harder! ... Book 1 : for ensemble, 1999-2005 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2010 2sax 1(-2)121 perc el.g pf el.cb
composition
Dancing to an orange drummer : for ensemble, 1993 / Vanessa Lann
Other authors:
Lann, Vanessa
(Composer)
Description:
The title Dancing to an Orange Drummer comes from the expression "moving to the beat of a different drummer." The piece was inspired by the challenge of moving to a new country (in this case, the Netherlands), and for the composer this meant feeling, and enjoying, the very different beat and energy of new people, places and customs. Lann uses two contrasting elements that gradually merge: simple melodies in the brass begin the work, against a repeated rhythmic pattern in the other instruments. The two groups do clash with each other, but eventually the brass instruments take over aspects of the rhythmic pattern, while the others imitate the brass melody. This climaxes in a new unity in orchestral sound by the end of the piece. The original big band version of this work was written in 1993 for the Dutch ensemble De Ereprijs; the version for symphony orchestra was completed on request of the Boston Pops Orchestra on the occasion of their performance in May 2015 in Symphony Hall (Boston, USA).