componist
General: Simons was born in The Netherlands on December 25, 1982.
Education: 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
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Cello
Bezetting:
vc
Sonate : violoncello solo, 1959, revision 1985 / Hans Kox
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Cello
Bezetting:
vc
Happy days forever : for cello octet, 2000 / Jan Bus
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Cello
Bezetting:
8vc
compositie
Vita Fugax : for cello / Marijn Simons
Toelichting:
Vita Fugax means “fleeting life”. It was originally composed for campanula (a kind of cello with additional 16 resonating strings) for the former principal cellist of the Berlin Philharmonic Georg Faust. The campanula version has extended improvised sections. The cello and viola versions are reduced to the concretely written out passages.
The opening movement Secret Societies is a social commentary on “behind closed doors” politics and silly conspiracy theories.
The second movement Futurology is based on Stanislaw Lem’s novel The Futurological Congress.
The third movement Christian Extremism is a statement against extremism (of any sort), which unfortunately is still too much a part of our present society.
The final movement’s title A Fairy Story comes from a quote by a man I hugely admire, namely Stephen Hawking: “A belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a fairy story for people afraid of death”. - Marijn Simons