Recorder music
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| 2011a | Stamping Ground (for Angels) | 4 min.ca | Recorder quartet SATB | Based on the estampita Tre Fontane, and dedicated to Edition Tre Fontane (Heida Vissing and Ronald Brox), Münster, Germany, in celebration of their 10th anniversary. A recording by the Flanders Recorder Quartet, together with Catch (an Angel) and Kadanza will appear in the summer of 2012. |
| 2008a | From near and from afar | 12 min. | Carillon and recorder player at a distance (treble renaissance and alto baroque recorders) | Written for Arie Abennes and Saskia Coolen, commissioned and funded by the Utrecht Carillon Society as part of the celebration of their eightieth birthday. |
| 2007b | Recorders Without Borders | ca. 5 min | Recorders A(A,T) T(T,B)BB ad lib. | Four graded pieces for recorder quartet or sextet ad lib. Published by Edition Tre Fontane, Münster. |
| 2007a2 | Over the Water | 2 min. | tenor recorder and piano | for Sas and Mas …who both came from ‘over the water’. Published by Tre Fontane |
| 2007a1 | Over the Water | ca.2 min | cello & piano (or violin, or recorder, and piano) | For Saskia & Maarten Coolen |
| 2006c | Catch (an Angel) | 60 sec. | Recorders SAAT | For Brisk Recorder Quartet at its 20th anniversary. First performance in Paris, September 23 2006, at the Institut Neérlandais. |
| 1999a | The Water-Call | 8' | Recorders SSATBB, harp (or 2 guitars) | for the Praetorius Ensemble, cond. Norbert Kunst, premiere: Utrecht 1999 |
| 1996b | Theatre Tango | 4' | Recorders ATBB | Originally part of incidental music for ‘Groeten uit zee’ (Greetings from the Sea) 1996a |
| 1996a | Groeten uit zee (een muzikale vertelling) [Greetings from the Sea; a musical narrative] | 40' | narrator/singer, 4 recorderplayers with various recorders, harp | For Brisk Recorder Kwartet Amsterdam, 1st perf. Haarlem, Concertgebouw Produced by David Prins, voise: Maureen Sariparnussa, commissioned by North-Holland Philharmonic Orchestra’s Educational Service and the Provinc Noord- Holland, financially supported by the ThuisKopie Fonds. Tekst: Joke van Leeuwen |
| 1994a | Voci, voci | 9' | (tenor)recorder | for Peter Holtslag, 1st perf. Amsterdam, IJsbreker |
| 1993 | Bye bye, blues (C-U, Jesus) | 4' | Renaissance recorders ATB | for La Fontegara Amsterdam, with support of the Pro Musis Foundation 1st perf. Germany, Münster 1993 |
| 1991d | The Party | 7' | Recorders SATB/SATB | Commissioned by SONBU (supported by the Fonds voor de Schepppende Toonkunst), 1st perf. Open Dutch Recorder Days 1992, Utrecht |
| 1991b | Quartet | 17' | Renaissance recorders ATBB Movements: I - II (poco largo) - III - IV (coda) |
for Brisk Recorder Quartet Amsterdam; 1st perf. at the Warwick Festival (UK) 1992 |
| 1989b | Kadanza | 2'30 | renaissance recorders STB | 1st perf. Münster, Germany, by La Fontegara Amsterdam |
| 1988-89 | Blocks / Blokken | 60' | mezzosoprano, renaissance recorders (SS, S, A (in G), T, B, Cb, one player) two percussionists, tape | 1st perf. Amsterdam, Frascati by Stichting Recorders, commissioned by the Amsterdam Arts Council Text: Plath, Auden, Yeats |
| 1987 | Adagio, non adagio | 7' | Variable trio: oboe (or violin or altorecorder), horn (or bassoon or cello) and harpsichord (or piano). | For Trio La Luna |
| 1986 | So Tear | 16' | Three renaissance recorders | Written for La Fontegara Amsterdam, 1st perf. Venlo, Museum Van Bommel Van Dam |