componist
Edward Top was born in Ommen, the Netherlands, in 1972. Top has lived and worked in London, Bangkok, and Rotterdam. He now lives in Vancouver, Canada. Top studied composition and ...
gerelateerde werken
Farewell Songs : for countertenor, Baroque ensemble, and Chinese instruments / Edward Top
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
zzang suona 2erhu saxkbut perc cemb vn vc db
Concerto carnavalesque : pour violon et orchestre, op. 36 / Luctor Ponse
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Viool en orkest
Bezetting:
2233 sax-a 4331 2perc str vl-solo
Concerto : for violin and chamber orchestra / Bram Van Camp
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Viool en orkest
Bezetting:
vn-solo fl/picc ob 2cl fg h tpt trb 3perc hp pno/cel str
Pensée : pour violon et petit orchestre / Israel Olman
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Viool en orkest
compositie
My Skeletonized Portrait : for violin and orchestra / Edward Top
Toelichting:
This 10-minute work is based on the etching with the same title of Belgian artist James Ensor. On separate panels, it shows two states of the artist himself. One is a ‘skeletonized’ version of the other, as if the artist celebrates the wearing of his own death mask. This transformation from one state to the next, from the real to the surreal, from the ordinary to the grotesque is the main element in the composition. The orchestral introduction already shows this process of transformation. The first violins play the initial phrase of a melody in the style of Tchaikovsky that is soon brought into a surrealistic realm of celesta, harp and strings harmonics. This process is then applied to the large form. The violin solo expands the initial phrase after which the mood entirely changes into a grotesque dance, entitled ‘Entry of the Masked Skeletons’. ‘My Schizoid Portrait’ is the subtitle of a cadenza-like section, which culminates in a grand and slow postlude.
Edward Top