composer
General: Christina Viola Oorebeek was born in New Work, on November 7, 1944. Since 1972, she lives in Amsterdam.
Education: Christina immersed herself in music as a profession at 21, teaching ...
related works
Afterwalk (après promenade) : for partially prepared piano / Christina Viola Oorebeek
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Instruments:
pf
Litany : saxophone quartet, 1983 / Jos Post
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Instruments:
4sax
Kontrast : voor saxofoonkwartet, 1990 / Gerda Geertens
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Instruments:
4sax
Dampsporen in bellenvaten : 3 études, for piano duo or saxophone quartet, 1996 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano; Saxophone
Instruments:
2pf / 4sax
composition
Ripple volts : for saxophone quartet, 2000 / Christina Viola Oorebeek
Description:
Program note (English): A short melody of four notes mirrored in the soprano and tenor saxophone is the starting point of Ripple Volts. As the piece progresses, the musical lines shoot upwards and downwards and become longer and more unpredictable. Sometimes they burst away from each other and a moment of rest is created. At the climax of tension in the piece, the call of a bird from the Sumatran jungle is heard in a chromatic line of four notes. In the last section of Ripple Volts, the now curvy, rippling melodic lines are played by all four instruments and then the piece is ended in a descent towards the low and dark registers of the saxophone quartet, ultimately, nothing is heard but the breath of the players. - CHRISTINA VIOLA OOREBEEK