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Made in Holland 17 New Dutch Blues : for piano / Elizabeth Gaskill
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Piano
Bezetting:
pf
Violin Concerto Nº 1: Generation : for violin and symphonic band / Yip Ho Kwen Austin
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
vn-solo picc 2fl ob 4cl cl-b 2sax-a sax-ten sax-bar 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b 2euph 2tb timp 4perc db
O Rosa Bella : for winds, brass, low strings and percussion / Lewis Nielson
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
2fl 2cl(cl-b) fg 2tpt trb-b 3perc str
Suite voor orkest / [Herman Mulder]
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
4333 4430 timp hp str
compositie
L'Élue : Prelude pour orchestre / Bram Kortekaas
Overige auteurs:
Kortekaas, Bram
(Componist)
Toelichting:
L'Élue (The Chosen One) is written as a companion piece to Stravinsky’s Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring). L'Élue is a prelude not just in the musical sense. Its story precedes the actions the ballet Le Sacre du Printemps.
Stravinsky’s ballet focusses on the collective actions of a pagan tribe. In L'Élue the attention is shifted to the individual within this tribe. The composition explores the feelings of a young woman, who is afraid of becoming the Chosen One for this year’s sacrifice.
Stravinsky’s concept of Day and Night for the first and second part of Le Sacre du Printemps (as described in The Rite of Spring: sketches 1911-1913, page xxi) are mirrored in L'Élue.
The composition starts with an impression of the night (La Nuit). At dawn, the first signs of Spring appear (À l'Aube du Printemps). This is noticed by the young woman, presented by the Alto Flute. The realization that the tribe’s yearly Spring sacrifice approaches fills her with dread. In a premonition, she sees herself as that year’s The Chosen One (La Prémonition de L’Élue). The premonition dissolves, after which Le Sacre du Printemps is performed attacca.