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Suite Polynésienne [about Traveller]
Russian Capriccio for Violin Solo (complete)
03:09
min. /4,33 MB/ MP3
Danse Français for Piano Solo (fragment)
03:03
min. /4,21 MB/ MP3
‘Traveller’ Three works by Barend Schipper
1: ‘Suite
Polynésienne, Tableau Vivant pour Grande Orchestre’ 15:15 min.
part 1: ‘la Rencontre’: Depiction of the nature
and population
part 2: ‘L’Integration’: Vision of
entering Polynesian myths.
Suite for extended symphony orchestra, choir and
soprano.
Composed in 1982, performed in 1983 by the North
Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra with the addition of: the North Netherlands
Saxophone Quintet, a flute quartet, a trompet quartet, a trombone quartet, a
percussion quartet (next to the usual battery of percussion also marimba,
xylorimba and xylophone) two guitars, ukelele and harp.
Soprano: Laura Tammeling, choir:
GECO –choir
Conductor: Lucas Vis with the assistance of Barend
Schipper who trained the choir in traditional rhythm and chant.
Recorded live in the Oosterpoort Concert hall in
Groningen, the Netherlands.
© 1982, Barend Schipper
2: ‘Russian
Capriccio for Violin Solo to George Ermolenko’ 3:15 min.
Composed in April 1984 for the Russian concert
violinist and former concertmaster of the Sydney Opera, George Ermolenko who
recorded the work live, a few days after it was finished, in the Oosterpoort
Concert hall in Groningen, the Netherlands
© 1984 Barend Schipper
3: ‘Danse
Français for Piano Solo’ 7:55
min.
composed and performed by Barend Schipper in February
1995. Recorded live on a Yamaha 245 grand piano in the Marnix Concerthall in Utrecht,
the Netherlands.
© 1995 Barend Schipper
The compilation of the CD ‘Traveller’ was produced by
MIF, in 2000. [page up]
