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
... en weende hij bitter : voor viool, violoncello en piano, 2000/2001 / Edward Top
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Pianotrio (piano, viool, cello)
Bezetting:
pf vl vc
Keats II : for high voice and chamber orchestra, 1997 / on words by John Keats, Maarten Altena
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
high 2222 2220 2perc pf 4vl 2vla 2cb
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
sopr 1111 1110 pf vl vla vc cb
Trois poèmes en prose : for soprano and orchestra, 1995 / text: Baudelaire, Diderik Wagenaar
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
sopr 2242 2111 2perc hp harm 2pf 4vl 2vla 2vc 2cb
compositie
Family Songs : for soprano and chamber orchestra / Edward Top; text Martinus Nijhoff, Hanny Michaelis, Edward Top
Overige auteurs:
Michaelis, Hanny
(tekstdichter/librettist)
Nijhoff, Martinus
(tekstdichter/librettist)
Top, Edward
(tekstdichter/librettist)
Toelichting:
In Family Songs it was my objective to move towards simplicity and away from my usually complex and maximalist style. The texts, in both Dutch – my mother tongue - and English, are all chosen and written to express the honesty of life, memory and expectations of parent- and childhood. As such, upon reading, they almost dictated the music in an intuitive and folk-music-like way.
Edward Top, 2013