componist
General: Maarten Hans van Norden was born on November 1, 1955, in Amsterdam.
Education: After a year of studying mathematics, Van Norden chose music instead. At the Royal Conservatory in The ...
gerelateerde werken
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-11 spelers); Saxofoon met elektronica; Elektronica met verschillende instrumenten; Gemengd ensemble (2-11 spelers) met elektronica
Bezetting:
sax-a tape/sax-a cemb perc
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en orkest; Zangstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
alt 2vl vla vc / alt str(vl vla vc)
Songs : for voice and orchestra / Walter Hekster
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en orkest
Bezetting:
voice 2121 1110 perc hp str
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en orkest
Bezetting:
sopr 2030 2000 hp str
compositie
La bonne chanson : for voice and orchestra, 2001 / text: Paul Verlaine, Maarten van Norden
Overige auteurs:
Verlaine, Paul
(tekstdichter/librettist)
Toelichting:
Program note (English): La bonne chanson is written for the opening of the Dutch Music Days 2001 and was first performed on December 13 by the Metropole Orchestra conducted by Jan Stulen with mezzo-soprano Monique Scholte. The structure is A-B-A-B-A. The A sections use three poems by Paul Verlaine: 1. Le piano qui baisse une main frêle (1874, from the collection Romance sans paroles) - 2. Le bon disciple (1872, written for Verlaine's lover Arthur Rimbaud) - 3. La bonne chanson (1871). The romantic idiom of the poems is reflected in the music of the A sections. This is balanced by the more abstract instrumental B sections in which serial harmonies are developed through the use of set-theory, against a tight rhythmical background that sometimes reveals my roots in the jazz-rock idiom. - MAARTEN VAN NORDEN