Saxophone quartet - A Final Kiss (1997)

This is the last part of my saxophone quartet. It was written to the memory of my younger brother who died in an accident when he was eight.

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  Blodeuwedd, a dance poem for     narrator, singer/reciter, dancers     and ensemble. The poem is by     the Welsh writer and poet     Tony Conran.

  Lokroep for the Bron     Saxophone Quartet. The work     originates from Tommy Wieringa's     book "De dood  van Murat Idrissi".

   Ritual text for the afterlife  for      women's choir and tubular bells.
     Ancient Greek goldplates with      texts - recently  found in graves -      that were carried by the dead on      their journey to afterlife.

  O me! O life! (Walt Whitman) for      choir and string quintet.

  My Guitar sonata (1982) is      now published by
     Editiones Eudora (Madrid),

  Draaf, Foekje. Draaf!

    Watch the television interview.     (You need to understand Frisian,     though).

 

Calendar

January 26, 2019
Music, when soft voices die (Shelley) for voice and guitar. Izhar Elias & Channa Malkin. (guitar and soprano) MerkAz, Utrecht. Premiere

February 9, 2019
Lokroep (Lure) for saxophone quartet. The Bron saxophone quartet. Concerten de Korenwinde, Rhenen. Premiere

April 11, 2019
Homenaje pour le tombeau de Claude Debussy (Manuel de Falla) - arranged for flute, viola & harp ONEIROS ensemble.
Grote Kerk, Epe.

 

 

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