De Stad
De Stad was created by Oscar van Dillen, commissioned by both the Fund for the Creation of Music and the Rotterdam Historical Museum. It was the latter who developed the idea of creating a new exhibition about the history of Rotterdam, as a museum theater. One would gradually walk through the exhibition, lured by music and lighting, discovering historical episodes in a synesthetic context.[1] From the original idea for music and a soundscape, I created both the 45 minute chamber-symphony in 6 parts De Stad and a remix-version including soundscape of exactly 30 minutes Stadsgeschiedenis, the latter of which was used in a continuous and staged exhibition; both works were created, and recorded and released on SACD in 2003[2], with 5.1 surround sound in mind.
The instrumentation is intended to be a mini-symphony orchestra, stressing the lower register: bass-clarinet doubling contrabass-clarinet, bass-trombone, violin, viola, cello, contrabass, accordion, piano, percussion.
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Reviews
- cityness.wordpress.com, by LG (21.6.2010)
- klassik.com by Christian Vitalis (23.10.2009)
- www.audaud.com by Tom Gibbs (7.8.2004)
CD de Stad
Recorded by ensemble gelberklang on Cybele Records
- Thomas Reil (bass and contrabass clarinets)
- Michael Peuser (bass trombone)
- Michael Kiedaisch (percussion)
- Merima Kljuco (accordion)
- Jürgen Kruse (piano)
- Ulrike Stortz (violin)
- Marlene Svoboda (viola)
- Scott Roller (violoncello)
- Holger Philipsen (double bass)
- Oscar van Dillen (conductor)
So here we are (De Stad)
Conny Janssen Danst toured the Netherlands March through May 2009 with SO HERE WE ARE, with a choreography to a.o. the music of de Stad parts 5 and 6 performed live by ensemble Original Winds, conducted by Carlo Balemans.
Sheet music of the score
de Stad (translation: the City), for ensemble (bcl/dbl bcl, bss tbn, acc, pi, perc, vi, vla, vc, cb) consists of six parts, which can also be performed seperately
- de Stad 1 (score in pdf)
- de Stad 2 (score in pdf)
- de Stad 3 (score in pdf)
- de Stad 4 (score in pdf)
- de Stad 5 (score in pdf)
- de Stad 6 (score in pdf)
Notes
- ↑ klassik.com - review from 2009 with short audio examples (German)
- ↑ www.cybele.de - description of (sa)cd with audio example and links to reviews (English and German)
