Compositions
Renascence
Text: Edna St. Vincent Millay (USA, 1892-1950) Instrumentation: Alto singer, violin, soprano/alto sax, harp, synthesizer (Roland Juno-106) Duration: 65′ Commissioned by Festival Musica Sacra, Maastricht Commission granted by the Fonds Podiumkunsten Renascence (1912) All I could see from where
La Porte (1998)
Song for baritone and ensemble: 1121 1000 2perc – 1.1.1.1.1.. Poem by Guillaume Apollinaire. Duration: 8 minutes. Commissioned by the Schoenberg Ensemble. Published by Donemus. La Porte La porte de l’hôtel sourit terriblementQu’est-ce que cela peut me faire ô ma
Vijf Nederlandse Liederen
Baritone, cello and piano Tonnus Oosterhoff – In de ongelukskooi Michaël Zeeman – Als op het water Peter van Lier – Gegroet o… Willem Jan Otten – Na de elfsteden Micha Hamel – Lieve Madonna 1. Tonnus Oosterhoffs tragikomisch gedicht
Wat later op de ochtend
String orchestra: minimum 6.6.4.3.2.1. Composed for the Netherlands Youth String Orchestra, I decided to base the piece on a quite innocent bit of music that I wrote when I was 14 years old, and have it slowly transgress into an
Wintergezicht
Orchestra: 3333 4231 4perc hp cel pf strings Music for an original choreography by Toer van Schayk for the Dutch National Ballet, the title of the choreography being ‘Spiegels Bevriezend’. It is a symphonic poem in one movement, with a
Where are you?
String trio (violin, viola, cello). Commissioned by the Brighton Festival 1993 for a choreography by Michael Rolnick. Duration: 23′ Published by Donemus, The Hague