componist
Edward Top was born in Ommen, the Netherlands, in 1972. Top has lived and worked in London, Bangkok, and Rotterdam. He now lives in Vancouver, Canada. Top studied composition and ...
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Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
fl ob cl cl-b fg h perc hp str
Symphony no. 2 : opus 33 / Marijn Simons, 2006
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
2fl 2fl(pic) 3ob ob(eh) 3cl cl(cl-b) 7h 4trp 3trb tb hp 8perc str
Zilver : for orchestra, 2001 / Nathalie Boogers
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
2100 5sax 1440 2perc drums hp el.g g-b pf str
De bergen : drie monomotivische stukken voor orkest, 1982 / Karel Mengelberg
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
2222 2200 timp 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)