Scores

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For CD's see Compact Disks.

This page provides an overview of the scores (sheet music) by Oscar van Dillen currently available on this website.

Contents 1 Works for Orchestra 1.1 de Beweging 2 Works for ensemble 2.1 de Stad 2.2 Roter Damm Verwandelt 2.2.1 Documentary 2.3 2 Cameras @ Sea 2.3.1 Documentary 3 String Quartets 3.1 String Quartet 1 3.2 String Quartet 2 3.3 String Quartet 3 4 Chamber Music 4.1 Forecast 4.2 Ontbijt Op Bed 5 Choir 5.1 Summa Scientia 6 Percussion 6.1 Music for a Sculpture (Paradox) 6.1.1 Video registration 7 Solo works 7.1 Memos for a New Millennium 7.2 Toy-piano 7.2.1 mm3 7.2.2 mm2 7.3 Pensées 7.3.1 Méditation 7.3.2 Le Panache 7.4 Objet Privé 7.5 Ignatia 8 Other Works 8.1 Waiting Music 8.2 Pour Elise

Works for Orchestra

de Beweging

de Beweging (translation: the Movement) for large orchestra

• de Beweging (score in pdf)

  first performed by Holland Symfonia conducted by Peter Rundel

  live recording by VPRO for radio

Live World premiere recording:

Works for ensemble

de Stad

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)

  first performed and recorded by Gelber Klang conducted by Oscar van Dillen

• CD de Stad see here, recording

For reviews see:

• cityness.wordpress.com, by LG
• www.audaud.com by Tom Gibbs

Roter Damm Verwandelt

Roter Damm Verwandelt for solo rapper, ensemble (2tp, 2tbn, pi-disklavier, 2 pc, 2vi, vla, vc) and soundscape (soundscape and MIDI file for performances is available through the composer)

• Roter Damm Verwandelt (score in pdf)

  first performed by OscarX and Doelenensemble conducted by Oscar van Dillen

Documentary

• A documentary film including a recording of the full live-performance of Roter Damm Verwandelt has been made by Pieter Jan Smit, featuring all musicians clothed in haute-couture by Peter George d'Angelino Tap (www.artnet.com).

2 Cameras @ Sea

2 Cameras @ Sea for ensemble (afl, bcl, pi, pc, vi, vc) and soundscape (soundscape and clicktrack-file for performances is available through the composer) was commissioned by the Images Festival. The music was composed for the film 2 Cameras @ Sea by Clive Holden, and is part of Utopia Suite.

The score is dedicated to Martin Holden, by whose outspoken wisdom it was inspired.

• 2 Cameras @ Sea (score in pdf)

  first performed november 2008 by Continuum Ensemble at Muziekgebouw aan het IJ in Amsterdam.

Documentary

2 Cameras @ Sea live in Muziekgebouw aan het IJ

• Canadian multidisciplinary artist Vera Frenkel made a video documentary of the Opening Gala of the 22nd Images Festival of Film, Video and New Media held at the Isabel Bader Theatre, Toronto, April 2nd, 2009, also featuring a full recording of 2 Cameras @ Sea.

For more information see www.verafrenkel.com.

String Quartets

String Quartet 1

• composed 1999/2000
• String Quartet 1 (score in pdf)

  first performed and recorded by Doelenkwartet

  for the CD recording of String Quartet 1 see the websites of Donemus (with short audio fragments), Etcetera records and Doelenkwartet.

String Quartet 2

• composed 2005/2006
• String Quartet 2 (score in pdf)

  first performed by Doelenkwartet

  live recording by Oscar van Dillen

String Quartet 3

• composed 2010/2011
• Subtitled: Tangram
• String Quartet 3 (score in pdf)

Chamber Music

Forecast

Forecast for violin, violoncello and bayan (optional additional soundscape-track available through the composer)

• Forecast (score in pdf)

  first recorded by Telesto Trio and used as audiotrack in the animation movie Forecast by Adriaan Lokman

  recording by Ingo Schmidt Lucas

Ontbijt Op Bed

Ontbijt Op Bed for voice and piano (text by the composer)

• Ontbijt Op Bed (score in pdf)

Choir

Summa Scientia

Summa Scientia for women-choir a capella (text by Carlos Drummond de Andrade)

• Summa Scientia (score in pdf)

Percussion

Music for a Sculpture (Paradox)

Music for a Sculpture (Paradox) for two percussionists.

• Music for a Sculpture (Paradox) (score in pdf)

Video registration

Video of Music for a Sculpture (Paradox)

*A video registration with a full recording of Music for a Sculpture (Paradox) being performed in the museum Boijmans van Beuningen has been produced by Rotterdam filmmaker Pieter Jan Smit, featuring the percussionists Claire Edwardes and Jeroen Geevers.

Solo works

Memos for a New Millennium

Memos for a New Millennium for disklavier and pianist (MIDI file for performances is available through the composer)

• Memos for a New Millennium (score in pdf)

  first performed by Maarten van Veen

  live recording by Ingo Schmidt Lucas

Live World premiere recording:

Toy-piano

mm3

mm³ (cubic millimeter) for 3 toy-pianos (1 player)

• mm³ (score in pdf)

  first performed by Bernd Wiesemann, recording by Ingo Schmidt Lucas

  CD mm³ see here

mm2

mm² (square millimeter) for 2 toy-pianos (1 player)

• mm² (score in pdf)

  first performed and recorded by Bernd Wiesemann

Pensées

Pensées (translation: Thoughts) for piano solo consists so far of two parts, which can be performed seperately, or in any order as desired by the performer

Méditation

• Méditation (score in pdf)

  first performed by Sarah Crombach

Audio:

Le Panache

• Le Panache (score in pdf)

  first performed by Sarah Crombach

Audio:

Objet Privé

Objet Privé (subtitled das Ding an mich) for cello solo, was written for John Addison and dedicated to Eva Krause.

• Objet Privé (manuscript in black and red pencil)

  first performed by John Addison

  recording by Ingo Schmidt Lucas

Ignatia

Ignatia for Bb clarinet solo

• Ignatia (score in pdf)

  first performed by Marco Cresci

  recording by Oscar van Dillen

Other Works

Waiting Music

Waiting Music - digital music for the telephone system of the Wikimedia Foundation.

• Waiting Music (score in pdf)

Audio:

Pour Elise

Pour Elise (for flute) - easy piece for flute solo, composed at the Bozel Camping Le Chevelu 2011, for an 11 year old Elise from Bordeaux who plays flute; picture of the original manuscript which I gave to her.

As written, the melody is based on the theme la si which resembles the name Elise, and allusions to Beethovens wobbling minor second in Für Elise have been employed.

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