Programmatoelichting 'Tapdance'
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Program notes 'Tapdance'
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Programmatoelichting 'Tapdance'
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Louis Andriessen
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It is a great pleasure to write for the percussionist Colin Currie. Since he has an immense overview on percussion techniques, I decided to choose some musical limitations. <br/>One: the non-virtuosic, but dramatic writing for percussion and ensemble that I have learned from Darius Milhaud’s impressive Concerto for percussion and chamber orchestra (1929-1930). <br/>Two: my love for tapdancers: the ideal combination of music and movement. <br/>An important third subject turned out to be my lifelong love for jazz music, specifically present in a few allusions to the early sixties. <br/><br/>The soloist has three important roles. First: playing the sound of the tapdancer’s feet, then a large marimba solo, and, at the end, a sad melody on a tympanum (kettledrum).<br/>The soloist is accompanied by a large ensemble with its own percussion player.<br/><br/>Louis Andriessen, 2013<br/>
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