Le Visioni di Paura

for orchestra

year of composition

1990

duration

ca 13'

text

LE VISIONI DI PAURA (Visions of Fear) for orchestra was composed in 1990, commissioned by the New Belgian Chamber Orchestra and deSingel. It was inspired by Hieronymus Bosch's Inferno. The composition commission coincided with the start of the Persian Gulf War in August 1990, giving the work additional meaning for the composer. The visions of fear are aggressive, but not bombastic. Percussion is used sparingly; it is more of a poetic representation of fear. Piercing high registers in the last movement are followed by an anticlimax, a fading of the sound into silence.

instrumentation

Flute 1, Flute 2, Oboe 1, Oboe 2, Clarinet in Bb 1, Clarinet in Bb 2, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Horn 1, Horn 2, Trumpet in C 1, Trumpet in C 2, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Double bass

first performance date

06.03.1991

first performance place

De Singel, Antwerp, Belgium

first performance by

Nieuw Belgisch Kamerorkest

conductor

Jan Caeyers

ismn number

9790065137155

commissioned by

commissioned by Nieuw Belgisch Kamerorkest