composer
Guus Janssen, born on May 13, 1951 in Heiloo, is a Dutch composer of contemporary music and a recording artist.
Education: Guus Janssen studied composition with Ton de Leeuw and piano ...
related works
24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Intrada classica : per orchestra di strumenti a fiato, timpani e arpa, (1971) / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2222 2240 timp (perc ad lib.) hp
Quotations : for ensemble, 2006 / Evrim Demirel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl ob cl cl-b fg h perc hp pf vl vla vc cb
Eclipse : for large ensemble, 1989 / Walter Hekster
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2010 2sax-a 1121 perc g-b pf
composition
Passevite : for ensemble, 1994 / Guus Janssen
Description:
Program note (English): (Premiere: 3-2-1995 - Kölner Philharmonie - Schönberg Ensemble, cond. Reinbert de Leeuw). In 'Passevite' six typical Tristano-harmonies were "worn out" - in the sense that they are overused (Lennie Tristano was a jazz pianist/composer). The piece consists of four movements: Introduction, Changes with Noise, Chase and Rewind. In Introduction there is an introduction of five drumskins with brushes. Changes with Noise is a linear translation of the six harmonies in the form of a solo for the French horn with addition of more instruments. Characteristic is that all phrases are accompanied by noise, reminiscent of that heard on "obscure" recordings of jazz music. The second part of Changes with Noise gives a long series of transpositions of the basic harmonies, until only the sixth exists on all the twelve steps of the circle of fifths. This ends in Chase; a varied performance of the tutti ensemble and the drummer as a soloist. The piece ends with a very fast retrograde of the whole
composition: Rewind. - GUUS JANSSEN