Lotus

for ensemble

subtitle

for Joël

year of composition

2012

duration

ca. 4'

text

Wim Henderickx composed this work for his colleague Joël Bons, who also taught at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, on the occasion of his 60th birthday. It is an instrumentation of the middle section of Wim's Mudra for instrumental ensemble, the seventh part of his Tantric Cycle.

instrumentation

Flute, Oboe, Clarinet in Bb, Percussion: crotales (2 octaves), Piano (prepared), Harp, Guitar, Mandolin, Violin, Viola, Violoncello, Double bass

first performance date

21.12.2012

first performance place

Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ’, Amsterdam

first performance by

Nieuw Ensemble

conductor

Ed Spanjaard