related works
Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, volume 1
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
sopr/2sopr 1110 0000 2perc man g hp pf/cemb vl vla vc cb
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
sopr pic fl 2ob cl cl-b fg 2h 2perc str
Song of the Witches : for soprano and ensemble / Chiel Meijering; lyrics by W. Shakespeare
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
sopr 6h str
composition
Spin : for soprano and ensemble, 1997-1998 / on words by Dylan Thomas, Astrid Kruisselbrink
Other authors:
Thomas, Dylan
(Text writer/Librettist)
Kruisselbrink, Astrid
(Composer)
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