componist
Marijn Simons was born in The Netherlands on December 25, 1982. He studied violin with Prof. Saschko Gawriloff, composition with Daan Manneke and James MacMillan and conducting with Ed Spanjaard, ...
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Fire Column (Piano Concerto Nº 2) : for piano and string orchestra / Marijn Simons
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Piano en strijkorkest
Bezetting:
pf str
String quartet nr. 5 : with electronic tape ad lib., 1992 / James Fulkerson
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello); Elektronica en zangstem(men) met of zonder instrument(en); Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello) met elektronica
Bezetting:
2vl vla vc (tape ad lib.)
String quartet no. 2 : with electronic equipment / Enrique Raxach
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello); Elektronica met verschillende instrumenten; Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello) met elektronica
Bezetting:
2vl vla vc electronics
Translucent I : for soundtracks and string quartet, 1976 / Ton Bruynèl
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello); Elektronica met verschillende instrumenten; Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello) met elektronica
Bezetting:
2vl vla vc tape
compositie
TURO : for string quartet and tape / Marijn Simons
Toelichting:
Joost Vrouenraets on TURO:
The title has been taken from Esperanto, an international artificial language which has especially been designed for communication between people from different cultures. A full language in which all the nuances of human thinking can be expressed. Turo translated into English means ‘tower’.
For this work’s script I have been inspired by Genesis 11, 1-9 The Tower of Babel. Geographically Babylon represents the crossroads where the worlds of East and West meet.
TURO is in 3 acts and 10 movements. The title of each movement is dramaturgically defining. From heavenly atmospheres it descends to Earth where it finds apotheosis in the enlightenment.
© 2008 by Joost Vrouenraets
English translation by Marijn Simons