componist

Padding, Martijn

Martijn Padding was born on April 24, 1956 in Amsterdam. In the introduction to his website, Martijn Padding writes, regarding his music and way of working, that he studied a volume ...

gerelateerde werken

Scharf abreissen : for orchestra, 1995 / Martijn Padding

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Orkest
Bezetting: 4544 6541 4perc 2hp pf str

Jiangyuan : for sheng, piano and string quartet / Ron Ford

Genre: Kamermuziek
Subgenre: Blaas en strijk en toetsinstrument(en)
Bezetting: sheng pf 2vl vla vc

Lees : for bassoon, string trio and piano, 2003 / Astrid Kruisselbrink

Genre: Kamermuziek
Subgenre: Blaas en strijk en toetsinstrument(en)
Bezetting: fg pf vl vla vc

The silent cry : for oboe, violin, violoncello and piano, 2001 / Hans Kox

Genre: Kamermuziek
Subgenre: Blaas en strijk en toetsinstrument(en)
Bezetting: ob pf vl vc

compositie

Shuffle : for ensemble, 1990 / Martijn Padding

Toelichting:
Program note (English): I wrote 'Shuffle' at the request of Dutch saxophone player Arno Bornkamp. He wanted a difficult piece. I always liked the saxophone as an instrument much more in jazz and blues music then in classical music because of the rougher quality of its sound.
Therefore, 'Shuffle' starts of with a polished sound and then transforms into something steamy and wild and the ensemble changes from a calm chamber music group into a screaming band. 'Shuffle' consists of two contrasting layers. The first one is the slow melody which accelerates and transposes in six steps to very fast notes.
The second one, the accompaniment, is in contrast rather static. There is almost no harmonic development, only an increasing density of the limited amount of chords. When speed and density are at their maximum, the tenor sax reaches its almost impossible ability to play in the falsetto register which sounds rough enough to me.
- MARTIJN PADDING