Opus 21a

Vuurdoop (1998)

Short piece for orchestra.
Instrumentation: 3333 6331 5perc hp cel – strings.
Duration: 8 minutes.
Commissioned by the Kondrashin Conducting Competition and the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra.
Published by Donemus.

The orchestra pieces
1. Vuurdoop
2. Klok
3. Nagloed
4. Waak
form a unity, since they are composed using the same source of musical material, whilst also being created in the same spirit. Though never have been performed in one concert, they could very well come about as a ‘first symphony’, a good half hour of orchestra music.