related works
La vertigine : for bass baritone and soundtracks, 1989 / text by Bert Schierbeek, Ton Bruynèl
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice solo; Multimedia and singing voice(s) with or without instrument(s)
Scoring:
bas-bar soundtracks
Iserna : voor 4 orkestgroepen / Peter Plompen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4233 2sax-a 4231 str(12.6.6.4.)
Here I come! : for symphony orchestra and rapper, 1993 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 sax-a 4441 3perc drums el.g pf str rapper
Spleen : for nineteen players / Frans Vuursteen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
0200 2000 str(5.4.3.2.1.)
composition
Cours des nuages : for soundtracks and string orchestra, 1998 / 1999 / Ad Wammes, Ton Bruynèl
Other authors:
Wammes, Ad
(Completed by)
Bruynèl, Ton
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Ton Bruynèl's final works - his Cours des Nuages and video opera Non sono un ucello - demonstrate clearly his fascination with humanity's eternal dream, the possibility of flying. The transcendental character of electronic music inspired Bruynèl to create sounds which belong to the realm of light and unearthly visions. Works such as Listening Landscape, Serene, Imker and Le jardin, in wich the composer processed sounds taken from nature, testify to his deep affection for this world. He was also drawn to the sound of traditional instruments, and thus he strove to fuse natural (acoustic) and electronic sounds in his music. He said: 'It would be absurd if I would just announce, 'Listen, we no longer need those violins!'. His work contains many timbral experiments, combined in extensive juxtapositions. With a whole arsenal of sound elements, he composed intuitively, spontaneously, standing at the electronic apparatus and creating his compositions in his way. He was firmly opposed to formal constructions in music, and his motto was 'Listen to what the sound tells you...'. Combining equal-tempered string harmonies with microtonal sound fields of the soundtracks and with an almost inaudible metre, he created the unusual, fluidly floating spheres of Cours des Nuages. Towards the end, by gradually reducing the instrumentation, the work seems to literally disappear in the clouds ... (CHRISTIANE SCHIMA, transl. Patricia Werner)