related works
Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, volume 1
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Symphony : for 21 players, (1984 - rev. 1986) / Henri Delnooz
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2222 sax-a 2210 perc pf 2vl vla vc cb
Feest in de gele maisvelden : voor ensemble & tape, 2003 / Simon Burgers
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players); Electronics with different instruments
Scoring:
fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4sax 2h 2trp 2trb trb-b tb 2perc el.g cb tape
Antarctica : for string trio and chamber orchestra / Christian Blaha
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
vn-solo vla-solo vc-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg timp 2vn vla vc db
composition
Dancing to an orange drummer : for ensemble, 1993 / Vanessa Lann
Author(s):
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).