Oneirology 2 In Peter Brook’s 1979 film Meetings with Remarkable Men there is a scene in which musicians will attempt to produce a sound that will make the stones of a valley vibrate. In this re-enacting of a famous scene from Gurdieff’s memoires, Kudsi Erguner is one of the …
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Dronescape 6.0 is the sixth in a series of albums, containing new Digital Symphonies by Oscar van Dillen. The work on this album was composed January-April 2021. Similar to the earlier Dronescape releases, this work can be considered to be an Electronic or Digital Symphony. This one-part work is …
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Dronescape 5 is the fifth in a series of albums, containing new, digitally created, compositions by Oscar van Dillen. The work on this album was composed November-December 2020. Similar to the other Dronescape releases, this album too can be considered to be an Electronic symphony, the 5th by Oscar …
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The title Elude is derived from the verb to elude = to avoid cunningly or adroitly (Penguin Reference 2001), which has as noun the word elusion. However, the composer chose to create for this music the new noun Elude, in assonance to Prelude and words like it, such as …
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Dronescape 4 is the fourth in a series of albums, containing new, digitally created, compositions by Oscar van Dillen. The works on this album were composed October 2020.
Dronescape 3 is the third in a series of albums, containing new, digitally created, compositions by Oscar van Dillen. The work on this album was composed August-September 2020. The third Dronescape album by Oscar van Dillen contains a single long composition: Infinity – Pantonal Dronescape (duration 2 hours 56 …
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Dronescape 2 is the second in a series of albums, containing new, digitally created, compositions by Oscar van Dillen. The works on this album were composed July-August 2020. In music, a drone (or bourdon) is understood to be a continuous sound, interval or chord, usually an accompaniment to a …
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Dronescape 1 is the first in a series of albums, containing new, digitally created, compositions by Oscar van Dillen. The works on this album were composed June-July 2020. The title Dronescape suggests the contraction of the terms Drone and Soundscape, inferring a music which might at first sight be …
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de Stad, originally released in a more surround sound type of mix, the time is ripe to now release a remastered version, much better suited for our present times and today’s streaming platforms used for listening. The composer himself has meticulously revised the original recordings, corrected and remastered these …
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During summer and social distancing 3 albums have been created! They are released on OIJ Records / Donemus Records: release date for distribution is 22 August 2020. OIJ Records was founded July 2020. It is a record label dedicated to publishing recordings of the compositions by Oscar van Dillen. …
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Paradox, Music for A Sculpture was written 2007 to be performed on the sculpture “Grote Sext” by Harmen Brethouwer. The composition was written for two percussionists, and is envisioned to be the first in a series of pieces to be performed on objects becoming instruments. In this way, Edgar Varèses old …
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***page currently under development*** Structures of scales In the program of the minor World music composition in practice there is a module where scales are studied, especially from North India. As this minor has the aim to incite and inspire students to create their own compositions, their own music, …
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FORECAST “Look up, marvel at the ephemeral beauty and live with your head in the clouds” Theme This production has a threefold output: A film, to be showed in movie theaters A film, to which the music can be performed live (with and/or without the soundscape track) A composition …
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Memos for a New Millennium was created by Oscar van Dillen for disklavier and pianist (MIDI file for performances is available through the composer) In this composition a balance and cooperation between man and machine is the central theme. Memos for a New Millennium was inspired by Italo Calvino’s …
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Chamber Symphony De Stad means: The City. It is the title of my chamber symphony written in 2003. The work was jointly commissioned by Prof. Dr. Paul van de Laar and the Museum Rotterdam1(at the time called Historical Museum of Rotterdam) and the Performing Arts Fund (by the special …
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