componist
Voor componist Merlijn Twaalfhoven maakt muziek deel uit van een totaalervaring voor alle zintuigen. In zijn composities laat Twaalfhoven zich beïnvloeden door niet-westerse muziek en de schoonheid van natuurgeluiden. Publieksparticipatie ...
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Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
2222 4221 2perc hp str(7.6.5.4.2.)
Alagoa : String Quartet Nº 6 / Will Eisma
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
2vl vla vc
Gwyneth Paltrow (from "The Girls Collection") : for string quartet / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
2vl vla vc
String Quartet Nº 3 / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
2vln vla vc
compositie
On Parole : for string quartet (version for professionals and non-professionals) / Merlijn Twaalfhoven
Toelichting:
Isn’t the synergy and concord of the players the essence of music? Real harmony can only exist when musicians open themselves up towards the others and find a unity together.
Western music uses bar lines, the time signature and the movement of a conductor to facilitate the effective togetherness of the players. Such tools became a big success in music history and today it’s self evident that we notate music in bars, beats and systems. Is playing together the same as playing in time? Not at all. Especially in chamber music, you can witness sometimes the magical moment when the musicians overcome the bare structure of the music and seem to play freely, independent of the bar lines. This phenomenon inspired me to search for the tension between freedom and togetherness.
At the start of “on parole”, there are no bar lines to restrict or imprison the notes. The musicians play together but not in the same beat, encouraged to experience a freedom that’s rare in classical music.
The non-professionals are added in this special edition, to widen the sound color and create space in literary sense for the music to escape the usual restrictions.
This freedom is not boundless though. The music would loose it’s meaning when the musicians would loose each other and play just for themselves. Therefore the composition is a constant search for togetherness in the realm of freedom. This score is accompanied by a preparation sheet for the non profs. They don't need to prepare much. Just learn a few notes by heart. All other musical activities of the non profs are based on the imitation of and direction by the soloists.