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24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
rec-solo panfl-solo fl(picc) cl fg 2h perc cimb 2vln vla vc db
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
Requiem for a Bass Guitar Player : for ensemble / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2fl bcl asax bsax hn tpt 2trb tug drum pno el.gt. b.gt
composition
Passevite : for ensemble, 1994 / Guus Janssen
Author(s):
Janssen, Guus
(Composer)
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