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
L'Élue : Prelude pour orchestre / Bram Kortekaas
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Orkest
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Orkest
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picc 3fl(picc) fl-a 3ob 2eh 3cl 2cl-b 3fg 2cfg 8h 5tpt(tpt-b) 3trb 2tb 2timp 3perc str
Variazioni per orchestra : = (Variations for orchestra), (1959) / Kees van Baaren
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Orkest
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Orkest
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pic 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 3h 4trp 2trb tb 9-11perc hp pf4h str
Tantalia : voor blazers, strijkers en slagwerk, 1972 / Bernard van den Boogaard
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Orkest
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Orkest
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1121 1100 2perc hp pf str
Saul en David : Toongedicht voor orkest / Johan Wagenaar
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Orkest
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Orkest
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3332 4331 timp perc 2hp 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