componist
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 Hague, ...
gerelateerde werken
Sax Machine Thoughts about feeling good : for saxophone quartet / Maarten van Norden
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Saxofoon
Bezetting:
4sax
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en orkest
Bezetting:
alt/bar 2100 1000 str(6.6.4.4.2.)
Stanzas of Charles II : voice and small orchestra, 1966 / Alexander Voormolen
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en orkest
Bezetting:
bar 1200 0000 cel str
In hora mortis : lied voor mezzosopraan en kamerorkest, 1990 / Jan van de Putte
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en orkest
Bezetting:
sopr-m pic cl fg 2h trb 2perc pf str(6.6.6.6.6.)
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