composer
In the years following 2000, Michel van der Aa has quickly developed into a composer with an international reputation. Characteristic of his work are his constructivist approach to music and ...
related works
24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Prélude de ballet / Harold C. King
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4230 timp perc (hp ad lib.) str
Thalía : for orchestra, (1987), revision 1988 / Maarten Bon
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp perc cel xyl hp str
composition
See-through : for orchestra, 2000, revision 2001 / Michel van der Aa
Description:
Program note (English): 'See-through' is a work with two faces. A direct, theatrical front built around an intellectual, conceptual skeleton. The harmonic material used is sparse, the piece features just 9 chords. Layers in the music change perspective. Hard cutting sounds in the percussion parts act as joints, dynamics suddenly change and the perspective shifts. Passages in the background abruptly jump to the front. The layer in the back is left to just stir up the front layers surface. There are interruptions in the music, moments of ridged musical standstill. This happens not only in the full orchestra but also in smaller instrumental layers. Groups of musicians lose themselves in isolated autistic sequences and snap out of it to melt again into the rest of the orchestra. 'See-through' is a work about the failing of continuity. - MICHEL VAN DER AA