gerelateerde werken
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en instrumenten
Bezetting:
2ob eh 2bsn 2tpt 2trb trb-b sopr sopr-m perc SATB
Concertino : voor saxofoonkwartet, harp, piano, slagwerk en strijkorkest, 1984 / Bernard van Beurden
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting:
timp 3perc hp pf str 4sax-solo
Dalian images : for alto saxophone and orchestra, 1998 / Peter van Onna
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting:
3333 4431 6perc 2hp str(16.14.12.10.8.) sax-a-solo
Concerto : opus 73, for saxophone quartet and orchestra, 1989 / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Saxofoon en orkest
Bezetting:
3333 4431 timp 3perc str 4sax-solo
compositie
Concerto Nº 6 "Métropolitain" : for saxophone quartet and orchestra / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Overige auteurs:
Graaff, Jan-Peter de
(Componist)
Toelichting:
Concerto no.6 “Metropolitain” is a concerto in two contrasting movements describing the feeling of living in an urban environment, where everything seems to be built to guide and transport humanity in such a way that maximum efficiency in such a way that there is no real distinction between ‘inside’ and ‘outside’ anymore. However, the desire to find beauty, to live and to play is of such importance to human survival that when people subvert the efficiency into something beautiful or something playful, one can ask oneself the question: where lies the border between culture and nature within an urban environment? This piece tries to ask this question in a musical way.
In the first movement, the static, concrete nature of a business district is slowly transformed into shapes and forms that seam to break out in waves, lines and colours in an almost dreamlike state, where the
sounds of birds and reptiles are emerging from the saxophone quartet. The second movement is inspired by Line 9 of the Paris Metro, that frequently is being used by ‘train surfers’ to get a good view of the Eiffel Tower, crossing the Seine at 80 km/h, chased by the gendarmerie.
Jan-Peter de Graaff