gerelateerde werken
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Spreekstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
recit cl fg trp trb vl cb perc video
Four parts of a song : for marimba, [revised] 1982 / Jos Post
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Slagwerk
Bezetting:
mar
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Slagwerk
Bezetting:
2perc
Deux personnages : pour marimba et vibraphone, 1985 / révision 2008 / Will Eisma
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Slagwerk
Bezetting:
mar(vibr)
compositie
Silhouette : for percussion, tape and theatrical sculpture, 1998 / Roderik de Man
Overige auteurs:
Man, Roderik de
(Componist)
Toelichting:
Program note (English): The objective of the Beeldconcert Stichting is to initiate projects which combine visual arts with newly composed contemporary music. To this end artists who work in the field of visual arts, composers and performers are selected and invited to develop ideas for new presentations. In this case the percussionist Frederik de Winter, the visual artist Truus Wilmink and the composer Roderik de Man combined efforts to create Silhouette which had the following idea as point of departure: Plato expressed his view of fact and fiction as follows. He sees the average man as living in a cave which has an opening towards the light. Ideas, the entities of science, reveal themselves to its inhabitants by their shadows cast on the walls. The philosopher however, is man who does not content himself with just shadows but turns around looking into the light to envisage ideas in their purest form. Plato's idea is expressed visually by suggesting changes in the concrete form of the sculpture
through lighting and movement of the different planes of the object. In the music the live music plays a similar game with the prerecorded part of the composition. The tape sometimes imitates or mimics the percussionist, making it sometimes difficult to follow who is doing what, at other times it enlarges the acoustics or takes on the role of a second player or ensemble. Although the general idea is quite abstract, this did not produce an entirely cerebral piece. On the contrary, dramatic musical developments are clearly discernable and their content is not merely illustrative but intended to be self supporting. - RODERIK DE MAN