componist
Lowell Dykstra componeert, meestal in opdracht, kamermuziek, koormuziek en werken voor orkest. Zijn muziek is uitgevoerd door het Nederlands Balletorkest, het Noord Nederlands Orkest, het Noordhollands Philharmonisch Orkest, Jeugd Orkest ...
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Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting:
fl vla pf
Sinfonietta : per orchestra, 1940/41 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
2233 4331 timp perc hp pf str
Proloog : voor symfonie-orkest, 1978-'79 / Adriaan Bonsel
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
3332 4230 4perc hp str
Symphonie no. 5 : Les lendemains chantants, 1941-1945 / Matthijs Vermeulen
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
4464 3sax 4431 2timp 4perc 2hp str
compositie
The Race Day : An overture for orchestra / Lowell Dykstra
Toelichting:
When I first saw the extremely beautiful painting by Jack Yeats, Galway Races, I was immediately caught by it and I started imagening what a day at the horse races would be like. While I was in Ireland in 2002, spending my Summer holidays, I was lucky to go to the Sligo Horse races. I pictured some impressions of this event in this short and rather light-hearted composition.
The whole piece is almost entirely in a 6/8 metre, similar to the popular Irish jig (I've put one in), and based on the motive that runs throughout the work in various forms & instrumentation.
Lowell Dijkstra