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Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, volume 1
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Piano
Bezetting:
pf
Psalm CXXVI : voor koor en orkest / Louis Toebosch
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en orkest
Bezetting:
GK4 2222 4331 timp perc str
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en orkest
Bezetting:
GK8 GK4 fl(pic) 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg fg(cfg) 4h 3trp 3trb tb 7perc 2hp 2pf str picc-ob-cl-2h-trp-solo
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en orkest
Bezetting:
sopr ten bar GK4 2222 4231 hp timp perc str
compositie
Paradiddle : for mixed choir and orchestra / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis; based on original quotes by Lucretius
Overige auteurs:
Veldhuis, Jacob ter
(Componist)
Toelichting:
AVRO-TROS had asked me to compose an optimistic piece to celebrate the opening of the season 2022-2023. Not an easy task in these turbulent and oppressive times, but I hope I achieved in
writing a dynamic piece full of energy, and joy de vivre.
In De Rerum Natura, ( The Nature of Things), the Roman philosopher Lucretius explores Epicurean physics through poetic language. The principles of atoms, the nature of mind and soul, sensation and thought and the development of the world and its phenomena. A world guided by chance, not by divine intervention. But hey, we’re here: It’s a miracle that we’ even exist!
In Paradiddle I used a few wise words from De Rerun Natura: We are stardust. Small particles will move forever in an endless dance. Thus, everything is ever being renewed, and like runners, pass on
the torch of life.
A paradiddle is a percussion technique to produce a roll. The energy of 2 drum sticks, producing a dense kind of noise is a metaphor for the stardust that Lucretius is talking about.