gerelateerde werken
The stillpoint : for violin and vibraphone, opus 4, 1994/1995 / Edward Top
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting:
vibr vl
Concerto spagnuolo : per violino e orchestra, op. 61 / Anthon van der Horst
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Viool en orkest
Bezetting:
3322 4330 timp perc hp man str vl-solo
Concerto : per violino ed orchestra, 1968-1969 / door Hendrik Andriessen
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Viool en orkest
Bezetting:
2222 2220 timp hp str vl-solo
Concerto : per violino e orchestra, 1974, revisione 2003 / John Borstlap
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Viool en orkest
Bezetting:
2323 3220 timp pf str vl-solo
compositie
My Skeletonized Portrait : for violin and orchestra / Edward Top
Overige auteurs:
Top, Edward
(Componist)
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