componist
Joël Bons is op 24 december 1952 in Amsterdam geboren.
Opleiding
Hij studeert gitaar bij Guido Topper en compositie bij Robert Heppener aan het Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam. Daarna volgt hij zomercursussen ...
gerelateerde werken
Bref : for chamber orchestra, 1985 / Joël Bons
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers); Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1131 1110 2perc vibr hp pf 2vl vla vc cb
Notturno II : per quatordici strumenti, 1982 / Jos van Amelsvoort
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
2232 4000 cb
Axis / Ashes : for ensemble, 2005-2006 / Willem Boogman
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
fl 3sax h 3trp 3trb pf cb
The Harvest : for ensemble / Ville Raasakka
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
fl ob cl cl-b fg h tpt trb 2perc pf 2vn vla vc db
compositie
Bref : for chamber orchestra, 1985 / Joël Bons
Toelichting:
Program note (English): In this piece a striving for intensity and vitality was crucial. Within a rather rigorous montage-form, I tried to realize a music that pushes on. Although the construction should be tight, High-Tech-like, it may not reveal its secrets at first hearing. The aim was to relate and combine a limited number of musical elements so as to create a lively game that renders these elements 'significance'. Characteristic of this piece turned out to be the absence of contrapuntal thinking. This was evidently determined by a desire for clarity; the events seldomly coincide, they follow one another in quick succession. - JOEL BONS