related works

Dancing to an Orange Drummer : Version for orchestra / Vanessa Lann

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 3fl 2ob eh 3cl 2fg 4h 2trp 2trb trb-b tb 3perc hp pf str

Michaël : voor 2 violen en violoncello / Marcel Koopman

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Other combinations of string instruments
Scoring: 2vl vc

Sierra : for violin and violoncello, 1996 / Hanna Kulenty

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Other combinations of string instruments
Scoring: vl vc

Killer whales : viola and four double-basses, 1978 / Ronald Kok

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Other combinations of string instruments
Scoring: vla 4cb

composition

In the circumference of my solitude : for viola and double bass (scordatura), 1993 / Vanessa Lann

Other authors:
Lann, Vanessa (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): In The Circumference Of My Solitude is inspired by a passage in the diaries of Anaïs Nin. She describes herself lying in bed with her husband; the more his arms tighten in a circle around her, the more solitary and lonely she feels. The violist represents the woman and proceeds through a cycle of agitated tremolo and pizzicato patterns. Meanwhile the bassist envelops her nervous gestures within a different rhythmic cycle of long and heavy open-stringed (scordatura) drones. As in a number of my other recent pieces, the recognizable rhythms and pitch patterns generate a sense of cyclical expectancy. However, at the end of this piece, the players have switched 'roles', exchanging their patterns in the form of a circle. - VANESSA LANN