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ORCHESTRAL

Milonga (2011-2012)

Symphonic Sketch

  • 17 min
  • N/A
  • November, 2012

MILONGA (pronounce as Milonga Acento) is a piece that takes the listener on a journey through the history of the Milonga (without being programmatic), starting on the Argentinian Countryside, around 1820, and ending with the first two bars of one I consider the most beautiful Milonga’s composed; Oblivion.

In between, the piece shifts from the old singing style and Spanish Flamenco, to the energetic Argentinian Tango of the 1920’s and from enormous energetic orchestral gestures to small solistic passages and a double bass that has not-quite-a-solistic role…

The piece itself is a musical journey in rhythm, time, virtuosity and sound, taking the listener to what is, was and could have been…

*This work is not (yet) published. Please contact the composer for all enquiries.

First performance

Ensemble ‘De Bazuin’ Oud-Beijerland
Conductor Dick Verhoef

General information

Instrumentation 2 Piccolos, 2/3 Flutes, 2 Oboes, English Horn, Clarinet in Eb, 3 Clarinet Sections in Bb with Solists, 2 Bass Clarinets, 2 Bassoons, Soprano Saxophone, 2 Alto Saxophones, Tenor Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, 4 French Horns, 3 Trumpets, 2 Trombones, 1 Bass Trombone, Euphonium, Bass Tuba in Eb, Bass Tuba in Bb, Harp, Piano, Double Bass (amplified) and Percussion (mal.1, mal.2, timp. perc.1, perc.2, perc.3)
Commissioned by ‘De Bazuin’ Oud-Beijerland and Dick Verhoef
Written for Union Competition

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