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cōnflārī : Version for cello, piano and French romantic organ / Rick van Veldhuizen
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting:
vc pf org
Symphonie no. XI : voor harmonieorkest, opus 947, 1998 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Harmonieorkest
Bezetting:
3161 3sax 4332 barh euph timp 4perc cb
Schiermonnikoog : symfonisch gedicht, voor harmonieorkest, 1984 / Wim Stoppelenburg
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Harmonieorkest
Bezetting:
2141 3sax 3232 3crt 2barh euph timp 3perc cb
Fantasie : voor blaasorkest, (versie voor harmonie-orkest), opus 56, 1979/80 / Rudolf Koumans
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Harmonieorkest
Bezetting:
216(1) 4sax 3234 2crt 2barh perc (timp cb ad lib.)
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