composer
Astrid Kruisselbrink werd op 9 februari 1972 te Velsen geboren.
Opleiding
Alvorens zij in 1993 toelating deed aan het Rotterdams Conservatorium speelde zij vanaf haar 9e jaar (klassiek en jazz) piano, later ...
related works
Album (Volume 1) : for cello en piano
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vc pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
2zang fl/picc ob/eh cl h fg harm pf cel 2perc 2vn vla vc db
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
ten fl cl-b timp 4perc pf str
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
bar 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h trp trb perc fortepf cb electronics
composition
Spin : for soprano and ensemble, 1997-1998 / on words by Dylan Thomas, Astrid Kruisselbrink
Other authors:
Thomas, Dylan
(librettist)
Description:
Program note (English): The basic idea for "Spin" is derived from the symbol ¿. This symbol led me to the idea of 'turning music' (strings), intersected by two movements (percussion). This symbol also determined the positioning of the musicians. The string players are to stand in a circle around the audience, not in sections but with the instrumental types intermingled. The percussionists are positioned at the four points of the compass. The soprano is the only one who breaks through this closed circuit. While in the first 'movement' she is still part of the ensemble, she later sings two text fragments by Dylan Thomas, which again refer indirectly to the principle of the symbol. During the first movement she crosses the circle, and at the end walks via the center to the piano (north) for the second movement. In writing this piece, I was inspired by the personality and music of Jasna Velickovic, a composer from Yugoslavia. This is why the composition is filled with anger, powerlessness and the
paralyzing feelings resulting from the situation in Belgrade, where Jasna Velickovic currently lives. - Astrid Kruisselbrink