composer
Gerard Beljon was born on April 16, in 1952 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Beljon studied lute and guitar at the conservatories of Utrecht and The Hague with Hans Verzijl and Toyohiko ...
related works
The cry of the peacocks : for mixed choir, 2005 / poem by Wallace Stevens (1879-1955), Gerard Beljon
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK20
Sonate : fluit, hobo, fagot, cembalo, 1959 / Henk Stam
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players); Wind Ensemble and keyboard instrument (3-8 players)
Scoring:
fl ob fg cemb
Consolatio : for (traverso) flute and ensemble, 2002 / Ab Sandbrink
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Scoring:
traverso/fl-a h perc hp vl vc
Encounters : bass clarinet, percussion, 1973, second version 1975 / Joep Straesser
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-11 players)
Scoring:
cl-b 6perc(pf)
composition
Insomnio : for ensemble, 1996 / Gerard Beljon
Description:
Program note (English): (Première: 15-12-1996 - Posthoornkerk, Amsterdam - Insomnio Ensemble) -Insomnio is an excursion of 11 instruments through the night in which sleep does not arrive. The feelings of despair and irritation, which arise during such sleepless hours, are reflected musically in the score by a number of block systems of different characters. Here there is some evidence of clear melodic lines is and a pulsating movement, while at other moments the music splits up to a musical consonance of clouds in which every instrument goes its own way. The instrumentation of Insomnio ensures for a very divers musical colour palette. - GERARD BELJON