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Concerto : for violin and two orchestras / Edward Top
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Viool en orkest
Bezetting:
vl-solo 2picc(fl) 2ob cl(cl-b) fg(cfg) 2trp 2trb tb-b perc hp pf(synth) str
Symphonie no. 3 : Thrène et Péan, 1921-1922 / Matthijs Vermeulen
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
2pic 2fl(pic) 2ob ob(eh) 2cl cl(cl-b) 2sax 4fg 4h 4trp 3trb tb 2timp 3perc 2hp str
Leaps and Bounds : for wind orchestra / Lance Hulme
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
picc 3fl 2ob eh 3cl cl-b 2sax-a sax-t sax-b 4h 3tpt 3trb trb-b euph tb perc db
Endlessly Luminous Path : for chamber orchestra / Krists Auznieks
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
picc fl 2ob(eh) 2cl(cl-b) 2fg 2h 2tpt perc str
compositie
Eruption : for orchestra / Edward Top
Auteur(s):
Top, Edward
(Componist)
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)