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Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, volume 1

Genre: Kamermuziek
Subgenre: Piano
Bezetting: pf

In illo tempore : voor twee solisten, koor en orkest / Mathieu Geelen

Genre: Vocaal
Subgenre: Gemengd koor en orkest
Bezetting: alt bas-bar GK4 2222 2231 timp 3perc str

Voyelles : for choir, baritone and orchestra / Ab Sandbrink; poems by Arthur Rimbaud

Genre: Vocaal
Subgenre: Gemengd koor en orkest
Bezetting: bar GK4 3343 2sax 4431 timp 2perc pf(cel) hp str

Symphonie : no. 3, voor soli, koor en orkest, opus 84 / Anthon van der Horst

Genre: Vocaal
Subgenre: Gemengd koor en orkest
Bezetting: soli GK4 3343 4340 perc 2hp pf 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.