By an even greater coincidence, she was a professional musician of some standing and had worked with andriessen himself. The band is named after the louis andriessen composition of the same name. Join napster and access fulllength songs on your phone, computer or home audio device. Other compositions for large ensemble were to follow. But his work tends to be far less strictly minimalist than that of early steve reich or philip glass and much more akin to the grab bag ethos of john adams. Stream live events, live playbyplay nfl, mlb, nba, nhl, college football, ncaa basketball, and premier league matches. The ninescene multimedia work, which features a libretto by helmut krausser, is a farranging exploration of 17thcentury german jesuit scholar athanasius kircher. Deze antiopera werd in concertante vorm uitgevoerd in het. In 1977, hoketus similarly resulted in a like named permanent ensemble to which andriessen was himself attached as a pianist. Het werk, gecomponeerd tussen 1972 en 1976, beleefde zijn premiere in november 1976 in. Dutch composer of stage, orchestral, chamber, choral, vocal, piano, and electroacoustic works, born june 6, 1939, utrecht. A work called the republic composed in 1976 could well have been intended as a celebration of the american bicentennial. Many composers view the act of composing as, somehow, above social conditioning.
Achat louis andriessen pas cher ou doccasion rakuten. Many composers view the act of composing as, somehow. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from louis andriessen at the discogs marketplace. Explore andriessen and his music with our free cdrom. Pdf the music of louis andriessen download ebook for free. A guide to louis andriessens music music the guardian. Ab louis andriessen is one of the foremost composers in the world today. It synthesized his characteristic sound world and sociopolitical concerns with his response to american minimalism in a powerful work that brought him international recognition.
All albums by louis andriessen available to download and stream in high quality. The work is for 4 womens voices, 4 oboes, 4 horns, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 electric guitars, bass guitar, 2 pianos, 2 harps and 2 violas and was composed between 19731976. But louis andriessen s concerns were much nearer home. Dutch composer louis andriessen s music has explored politics, time, velocity, matter, and mortality in five works for large ensemble. He was recipient of the gaudeamus international composers award in 1959. He is a lecturer at the royal conservatory of the hague. Louis andriessen has never shirked the big subjects, and here are two of the biggest. In addition, he served as artistic director of the meltdown festival in london in 1994 and continues to. A magical trip around the world, that the kind of thing we did in school plays. Music profile for louis andriessen, born 6 june 1939. Robert adlington explores the work and its social and political implications in this study that is accompanied by an. Dutch composer louis andriessen is often spoken of as one of the great neglected minimalists.
The powerful, adventurous music is often compared to queens of the stone age and deus. Louis andriessen was born into a predominant dutch family of composers that included his father hendrik 18921981, uncle willem 18871964 and older brother jurriaan 19251996. Louis andriessen began his musical studies with his father, and then studied in the hague with kees van baaren, and later in milan with luciano berio. Louis andriessen born 6 june 1939 in utrecht, netherlands is a dutch composer and pianist based in amsterdam. The statistical probability of meeting someone like this on a commuter train must be mindboggling. Listen to free internet radio, sports, music, news, talk and podcasts. Find louis andriessen biography and history on allmusic.
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