componist
Bram Kortekaas was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, in 1989. He studied composition with Willem Jeths and Wim Henderickx at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, and political science at the University ...
gerelateerde werken
Duo : for violin and cello / Bram Kortekaas
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Gemengd ensemble (2-12 spelers)
Bezetting:
vn vc
13 Epigrams : for orchestra, 2000 / Andreas Kunstein
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
2222 sax 4231 timp 2perc hp pf(toy pf) str
Again, Again, Again, Again, Again... : Version for orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
picc fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2trp 2trb 2perc hp pf str
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers); Orkest
Bezetting:
1111 1111 2perc hp pf(cel) 2vl vla vc cb / str
compositie
Cosmic Cliffs : for chamber orchestra / Bram Kortekaas
Toelichting:
In 2015 I wrote a composition inspired by an image from the Hubble Space Telescope: The Pillars of Creation. Recently, NASA published the first images that are made with their new James Webb Space Telescope. It includes a picture of the Cosmic Cliffs: a cosmic landscape of “mountains” and “valleys” at the edge of the Carina Nebula, the birthplace of new stars.
The new image captivated me and seemed to deserve a composition of its own. While composing, I envisioned a visit by the Voyager 1 spacecraft to the Cosmic Cliffs. In my imagination it performs its cosmic concert by playing the Voyager Golden Record, which includes amongst others a recording of the Georgian choral song “Chakrulo”. This choir has infinite space as its concert hall, but, perhaps, no-one to listen to it.
The composition mixes a number of feelings and impressions, like the awe for the beauty of the cosmos and the incomprehensible size of the Cosmic Cliffs with its peaks of seven lightyears tall, the desolateness of space and the lonesome trajectory of the Voyager Spacecraft and its music.
Bram Kortekaas