Composer:
Louis Andriessen
Instrumentation:
Chamber (saxophone soloist/lead and any other combination, 4 - 7 players)
Details:
Saxophone, Marimba, Guitar and Piano
Duration:
10:00
Difficulty:
Difficult: approx diploma/professional
Publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes
Date:
1992
Soundbite:
Programme notes:
Hout (Wood) was written for Loos at the request of Dirk Simons. Although the whole work is in principle a strict canon, the successive voices are so close together that it is more like a unison melody with ramifications. Ramifications and branches are the same word in Dutch. This especially refers to the branches of a tree, so the use of wooden instruments - marimba and woodblocks - help explain the title of the work. - Louis Andriessen
Performance notes:
World Premiere 03/11/1991 Frascati , Amsterdam Loos
Discography:
Gigantic Dancing Human Machine: Bang on a Can Plays Louis Andriessen (Cantaloupe CA21012)
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