componist

Brewaeys, Luc

Luc Brewaeys werd geboren in 1959 te Mortsel (België). Hij studeerde compositie bij André LAPORTE in Brussel, bij Franco DONATONI in Siena (Italiê) en bij Brian FERNEYHOUGH in Darmstadt (Duitsland).

gerelateerde werken

Nobody is Perfect ! (Jonathan Harvey Sixty) : for flute, clarinet and piano / Luc Brewaeys

Genre: Kamermuziek
Subgenre: Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting: fl cl pf

Sunbeams : for orchestra, 1986-1998 / Michael Fahres

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Orkest
Bezetting: 2pic 2fl 2ob eh 3cl cl-b 2fg cfg 2sax 4h 3trp 2trb tb timp 8perc hp g-b pf str

The Water has no Hair (Prelude to Prelude of Wagner's Opera Tristan and Isolde) : for orchestra / Alexey Retinsky

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Orkest
Bezetting: 3fl(picc) 2ob(eh) 3cl(cl-b) 3fg 4h 3tpt 3trb tv perc sopr(ad.lib) g-e hp str

Passo del diavolo : per orchestra, 1988, rev. 1990 / Will Eisma

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Orkest
Bezetting: 2222 2210 timp 3perc cel hp str

compositie

Symphony n° 7 : for symphony orchestra / Luc Brewaeys

Toelichting:
This work was composed in 2001-02 on commission of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Flanders and has been first performed by this orchestra under Arturo Tamayo on 7 september 2002 at deSingel in Antwerp. This symphony consists of three movements played without interruption : the first two movements are relatively swift and short and are followed by a (much longer) Adagio. The orchestra isn't very large, the percussion section is very restrained compared to my previous symphonies, but there are two duo's (horn and trombone twice) left and right backstage (or even preferably in the back of the hall). They have an important part in the story.

The first movement is called "Fanfares" and also sounds a bit like that, including the overtones and echos of the "hidden" instruments. This is interrupted for a while by a soft passage referring to the last movement. The idea was to start in a very "optimistic" way in order to prepare the audience (and the orchestra) for the following. The second movement (Allegro con moto) is some kind of mini-concertino for the winds, I challenge their technical abilities and rythmical feeling. Follows the Adagio that was concieved as a huge goat of severe music. The base is some sort of monolitisch/acid "concealed" chorale played by increasing amounts of instrumental groups with - besides - an endless melodic line (first monodic, later in two voices) which seems to have nothing to do at all with the other music. The work ends quite surprisingly after a climax. The score is dedicated to my former teacher André Laporte.

I made a slight revision of the score in 2007. The first performance of this final version is given on November 16, 2007 at de Bijloke in Gent (B) by the Brabants Orkest (NL) conducted by Arturo Tamayo.