gerelateerde werken
Sonate : voor piano, 1997 / Edward Top
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Piano
Bezetting:
pf
Mei-sinfonietta : voor orkest, op. 104 / Gerard Boedijn
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
3333 4331 timp hp str
Levenszomer : phantasie voor orkest, opus 21, 1903 / Johan Wagenaar
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
3fl 2ob 2cl cl-b 2fg 4h 3trp 3trb timp hp str
Toccata : Cantate 3, for orchestra, 1999 / Hans Koolmees
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
5555 sax-s 4441 6perc hp 2pf str
compositie
Helix (2022 revision) : for orchestra / Edward Top
Overige auteurs:
Top, Edward
(Componist)
Toelichting:
Helix consists of a single motive that occurs in five different speeds. At the opening of the work it can be heard on its own - slowly - in the horn and strings, followed by denser sections where the music intensifies through diminution (the motive in faster appearances), spiralling in and out of the different speeds. An echoing technique derived from electronic delay as found in rock music emphasizes this spiralling. This echo can be heard throughout the six-minute composition, but starts right at the beginning as a layer in bassoons, percussion, harp and piano. The work shifts through different diatonic modes where Corellian suspension chains in the strings, again, underscore the spiralling motion. These elements combined result in a weightless twirling that eventually gravitates towards a more grounded climax.