componist
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
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest met elektronica
Sonatine no. 5 : voor piano / Jan Felderhof
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Piano
Bezetting:
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Preludium und Tanz : für Klavier solo, 1992 / Tera de Marez Oyens
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Piano
Bezetting:
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Sonate : voor piano, 1924 / Jacob van Domselaer
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Piano
Bezetting:
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compositie
Pyramids in Siberia : for piano / Luc Brewaeys
Toelichting:
This piece was commissioned by the "Rencontres Internationales de Musique Contemporaine" in Metz, after I won their composition competition in 1988 for my "Second Symphony". A partial premiere was played by Gérard Frémy during the Festival in 1989. The Belgian genius pianist Jan Michiels gave the complete première of the work a year later.
The title is a little strange, but the music reflects it in a way. The form is entirely based on the Golden Section, and the duration of every part is based on it. There are three "main sections" (the three "Pyramids") which increase both in length and in tempo, the first being a kind of meditation on the note b (natural), the second a scene on quite complex chords with some outbursts and the last one being a kind of toccata with many notes in a breathtaking tempo which lasts for about 4 minutes. The introduction, interludes and postlude are very static and based on natural harmonics on the piano by playing sharp bass notes while other keys are depressed silently, if one likes it's the "Siberia" from the title.
The intention was to compose a spectral piano work without using any special playing techniques, so everything is played in the normal way on the keyboard. Because I encountered quite some problems with the third pedal on most pianos I wrote the work in such a way that the piece is to be performed without it.