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Four Double Dutch Dances : for piano four hands / Rieteke Hölscher
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Piano 4 handen
Bezetting:
4hpf
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
2vn vla vc
Quartetto di strumenti ad arco no. VI : 1961 / Oscar van Hemel
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
2vl vla vc
Vijf jeugdwerken : voor verschillende instrumenten, 1954/61 / Jos Kunst
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Piano; Cello; Strijktrio (viool, altviool, cello); Zangstem en instrument(en); Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting:
pf ; vc ; 2vl vc ; ten vl vc ; 2vl vla vc
compositie
String Quartet Nº 2 / Rieteke Hölscher
Overige auteurs:
Hölscher, Rieteke
(Componist)
Toelichting:
This composition in three movements is highly inspired by music history and the string quartets of Béla Bartók in particular. I started writing this piece right after the terrorist-attacks in Paris that took place in November 2015, while the world was in a state of agitation. I tried to capture this feeling in the first movement and used the letters of the word ‘peace’ in chords and melodic motifs.
The second movement is like a dream of a perfect world. The title is in line with the “Imagine” by John Lennon that was played in the streets of Paris shortly after the attacks – as tribute to the victims. The final movement is a conclusion: we may desire for a better world – even a perfect world, but it might be an Utopia. Live goes on, and sometimes very fast. This movement is alternately furious and more gentle of character, so that it reflects this contradiction.
Rieteke Hölscher, October 2017