COMPOSITIONS / ORCHESTRAL / LES CYMBALES SONORES (2020)
Les Cymbales Sonores (2020)
For choir (SATB) and orchestra
- 5 min
- Donemus Publishing
- September, 2020
LES CYMBALES SONORES was commissioned by Stichting Omroep Muziek and AVROTROS Vrijdagconcert for the 75th anniversary of the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest & Groot Omroepkoor. The world premiere was on September 11th 2020 at Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht. This piece is dedicated to Jan-Peter’s grandfather, W. de Graaff.
First performance
Conductor | Karina Canellakis |
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Choir | Groot Omroepkoor |
Ensemble | Radio Philharmonisch Orkest |
General information
Instrumentation | SATB chorus and large chamber orchestra (2.2.2.2 | 4.2.2.0 | perc. timp. hp. pf. | 10.8.6.4.3) |
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Commissioned by | Stichting Omroep Muziek AVROTROS Vrijdagconcert |
Composed for | 75th anniversary of the Radio Filharmonisch Orkest & Groot Omroepkoor |
Dedicated to | My grandfather, W. de Graaff |
“The fluent textures, born in colour, not bound to the gravity of the study clavier are moving like a waving rollercoaster through space in a game of instinctively surrendering and conscious escalation. (…) What emerges is a miniature monument like a bonsai tree with the majesty of an old oak, full of gestures that aphoristically point at the wide universe of a bigger composition wherein this work would dissolve like a stock cube.”
BAS VAN PUTTEN
De Groene Amsterdammer
“De vocale harmonieën zijn van een weemoedige schoonheid, door het orkest raast een kettingreactie van korte klankexplosies. De Graaff benut het hele orkestrale palet.”
JENNY CAMILLERI
De Volkskrant
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