related works
Troost voor Daisy : voor viool solo, 2004 / Guus Janssen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Monument 16 : for ensemble, 1998 / Caroline Berkenbosch
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
1111 1111 pf 2vl vla vc cb
Sketches : for 13 = thirteen instruments, opus 21, oktober 1968 / W.F. Bon
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2220 1100 4vc cb / 0020 1100 4vl 2vla 2vc cb
Die Pfeiferstube : for ensemble and percussion / Jacques Bank
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
2fl 4sax trp-pic trp 2trb pf 2perc
composition
Passevite : for ensemble, 1994 / Guus Janssen
Other authors:
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