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Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, volume 1
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Piano
Bezetting:
pf
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
3333 4331 timp perc cel org 2hp str
See-through : for orchestra, 2000, revision 2001 / Michel van der Aa
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
pic fl 2ob 2cl cl-b fg 4h 4trp 3trb tb 4perc hp str
Poedel in pyama : voor 2 ensembles / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
I: 2222 2001 II: fl ob 2cl 4perc str(vl vc)
compositie
Dancing to an Orange Drummer : Version for orchestra / Vanessa Lann
Overige auteurs:
Lann, Vanessa
(Componist)
Toelichting:
The title Dancing to an Orange Drummer comes from the expression "moving to the beat of a different drummer." The piece was inspired by the challenge of moving to a new country (in this case, the Netherlands), and for the composer this meant feeling, and enjoying, the very different beat and energy of new people, places and customs. Lann uses two contrasting elements that gradually merge: simple melodies in the brass begin the work, against a repeated rhythmic pattern in the other instruments. The two groups do clash with each other, but eventually the brass instruments take over aspects of the rhythmic pattern, while the others imitate the brass melody. This climaxes in a new unity in orchestral sound by the end of the piece. The original big band version of this work was written in 1993 for the Dutch ensemble De Ereprijs; the version for symphony orchestra was completed on request of the Boston Pops Orchestra on the occasion of their performance in May 2015 in Symphony Hall (Boston, USA).