componist
General: Vanessa Lann was born on April 6, 1968 in New York.
Education: Vanessa Lann has been a composer and pianist since the age of five. She studied composition with Ruth ...
gerelateerde werken
Rise : for two bassoons and chamber orchestra / Vanessa Lann
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Fagot en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
2fg-solo 2fl(picc) 2ob 2cl 2h 2tpt timp str
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
picc fl ob 2cl cfg(fg) 2h tpt trb-t 2timp perc pf(keyb) str
Ritmische studies : voor kamerorkest, opus 58 / Géza Frid
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
1212 1000 timp pf str
Rapsodie voor orkest : over vijf Europese volksliederen, sept.-nov. 1964 / Wim Franken
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
2222 2110 timp perc hp str
compositie
Dancing to an Orange Drummer : Version for orchestra / Vanessa Lann
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).