gerelateerde werken
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers) met multimedia
Bezetting:
zang/rec-t str tape
Cirkels II : voor harmonie- en strijkorkest, opus 90, nr. 2, 1993 / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Harmonieorkest; Strijkorkest; Orkest
Bezetting:
2232 3sax 4331 2bug euph timp 2perc mar(xyl) str
Musica reservata : for symphonic band and symphony orchestra, 1986, (revision 1987) / Hans Kox
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Harmonieorkest; Orkest
Bezetting:
I: 2271 3sax 4331 crt bug barh 2perc cb II: 2222 4331 timp 1-2perc hp str
Fire Swirl : for wind orchestra / Douglas Knehans
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Harmonieorkest
Bezetting:
picc 2fl 2ob eh 4cl cl-b cl-cb sax-s 2sax-a sax-t sax-bar 2fg cfg 2cor 3tpt 4h 2trb-t trb-b euph tb timp 6perc pf hp db
compositie
(un)mensch : for symphonic wind orchestra / Rick van Veldhuizen
Overige auteurs:
Veldhuizen, Rick van
(Componist)
Toelichting:
(un)mensch is a piece about radicalisation, and the tendency of humans to seek extremes. In current times, as in times past, people have dismissed radical or extreme behaviours as ‘inhuman’ or ‘evil’ behaviour, in the process distancing our humanity from it. This refusal to accept extremes as naturally human leads us astray, ‘Othering’ people we perceive to be different, and losing our concept of a shared humanity.
This piece takes the biggest villain in history, Adolf Hitler, as its starting point. Often considered ‘inhuman’ so one doesn’t have to associate oneself with him, portrayals of this historical figure paradoxically also paint him as a madman, plagued by amphetamine addiction, tinnitus and mental disorder. In short, his evil is often portrayed as both inhuman and quintessentially human.
(un)mensch, in turn, seeks to radicalize existing musical styles and ideas. From Ligeti-like micropolyphonies to Glass’s arpeggios and the unofficial anthem of the Third Reich, everything gets turned into a blurred, topsy-turvy version of itself. At the centre of this is an extensive quote from Richard Wagners Das Rheingold: the emerging and explosion of an idyllic, nationalistic dream, the fair copy of which perished with Hitler in his bunker in 1945.
Rick van Veldhuizen
26 March 2015