Skriet

for orchestra

year of composition

1993

duration

ca 7'

text

SKRIET was composed in 1993 on commission from the KUL (Catholic University of Leuven). In 2010, Wim Henderickx also created a version for concert band. It is inspired by the painting The Scream by the Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch. It deals with the fear and loneliness of man in a nature that offers no comfort. The following quote is taken from Edvard Munch's diary: I was walking along the road with two friends - then the sun went down - the sky suddenly turned blood red - I stopped, leaning exhausted on the fence - above the blue-black fjord and the city lay blood and tongues of fire - my friends walked on and I stood still, trembling with fear - and I felt a great, infinite scream go through nature.

instrumentation

Flute 1, Flute 2 (also Piccolo), 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, Trombone, Percussion 1, Percussion 2, Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Double bass

first performance date

25.02.1995

first performance place

De Singel, Antwerp, Belgium

first performance by

Kempisch Symfonisch Orkest

conductor

Dirk Boiy

ismn number

9790065137179

commissioned by

commissioned by KUL (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)