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RotterZAND (2024)
instrimentation: Sinfonietta
1.0.1.bcl.0.Asax / 0.1.1.btbn.0 / 3perc / 1.1.1.1.1
duration: 6’30’’
what: sinfonietta
date of composition: October 2024
written for: Opus 111 Ensemble, directed by Arie van Beek
musicians:
Clément Husson - Flute, Léo Froehlicher - Bb Clarinet, Emma Bullot - Bass Clarinet, Martina Madini - Alto Saxophone, Görkem Gyuney - Trumpet, Katie Blackburn - Trombone, Diogo Carvalho - Bass Trombone, Jacob Shaldov - Percussion I, Simao Torres - Percussion II, Roman Machado - Percussion III, Weronika Kuffel - Violin 1, Sinem Ceylan - Violin 2, Stéphane Schmalen - Viola, Tjitte van den Bedem - Cello, Anneke Attema - Double Bass
program note: A sinfonietta whose title fuses Rotterdam and zand (sand), portraying the city through granular, shifting textures. The large ensemble builds drifting masses and accumulations, sand as both material and metaphor for a port city in constant reconfiguration, in a portrait that is environmental as much as musical.
prèmiere: 19th December 2024 | Opus 111 concert - Codarts, University of Music. Rotterdam (NL).
performances: 21st June 2025 | Dag van de Componist 2025 | DoelenEnsemble | De Doelen. Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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