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Aa, Michel van der

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 ...

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See-through : for orchestra, 2000, revision 2001 / Michel van der Aa

Publisher: Amsterdam: Donemus, 2003
Publisher's number: 09823
Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Instruments: pic fl 2ob 2cl cl-b fg 4h 4trp 3trb tb 4perc hp str
Remarks: In opdracht van het Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst. - Geschreven voor het Nederlands Studenten Orkest. - Cop. MuziekGroep Nederland, 2001. - Tijdsduur: ca. 12'
Duration: 12'00"
Status: fully digitized (real-time delivery)

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 layer’s 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

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