componist
Dutch Canadian composer Edward Top studied composition and violin at the Rotterdam Conservatoire in The Netherlands. Primarily studying with Peter-Jan Wagemans he has also worked with Pierre Boulez, Luciano Berio, ...
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A Storm is Blowing from Utopia : for piccolo, vibraphone, piano and contrabass / Edward Top
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting:
pic perc pf cb
Midas : balletmuziek / Rob du Bois
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
4222 sax-a 2421 5perc el.g hp el.org/pf 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
Entropia : for orchestra, 2005 / Ernst Oosterveld
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
3333 4331 timp 2perc mar vibr xyl hp pf str
compositie
Eruption : for orchestra / Edward Top
Toelichting:
This piece in itself is an eruption, a celebration of the intense outbreak of youthful vigor, capturing a tour de force of speed that does not diminish for the entire duration. It is the raw and unrestrained crest of musical heights that is captured in the fleeting moment of an eruption.
The idea came about when, by chance, I discovered a striking similarity between cadences in the Ars Nova style, a French medieval musical style, compared to power chords of the modern-day Heavy Metal genre, where the use of parallel perfect fifths plays a pivotal role in its unmistakable sound. The experience might be likened to a modern painter creating cave drawings even when many developments in skill and style have since transpired. It was this primal yet contemporary approach that justified the transforming of elements from the extreme metal subgenre such as blastbeat drumming (intense sixteenth-note strokes on the snare drum), chromatically moving power chords and metrical shifts, into a contemporary symphonic esthetic.
Eruption is commissioned by the Toronto Symphony Orchestra for joint performances by the TSO and the Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra. It will be performed in Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal during the 150th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada in 2017. Eruption was composed with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Edward Top, Vancouver (October 2016)