gerelateerde werken

Bass Trombone Concerto : for bass trombone and orchestra / Edward Top

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Trombone en orkest
Bezetting: trb-b-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp trb timp perc pf str

Aus der Spanischen Reitschule : for orchestra / Jan Brandts-Buys

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Orkest
Bezetting: 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2tpt 3trb tb 2perc str

Ouverture alla francese : per orchestra, 1969 / Jos van Amelsvoort

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Orkest
Bezetting: 2332 4331 timp perc cel hp str

Onderweg : voor orkest, (1973) / Misha Mengelberg

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Orkest
Bezetting: 2223 2220 4perc str (moulinette musicale ad lib.)

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.