In Deep Silence II

for recorder quartet

year of composition

2002

duration

ca. 20'

text

IN DEEP SILENCE II was composed in 2002, commissioned by the recorder quartet Vier op’n Rij (Flanders Recorder Quartet). In 2019, Wim Henderickx made a version for saxophone quartet. The original version was the second work in a series of intimate chamber music pieces inspired by silence and tranquillity. The seven movements have the following titles: ‘half conscious’, ‘tender’, ‘with desire’, ‘devoted’, ‘expecting’, ‘with joy’ and ‘emptiness’. Repetition is avoided, time seems to stand still... In 2010, Wim Henderickx reworked this piece for flute, accordion, violin, viola and double bass: IN DEEP SILENCE II, which was premiered by Aranis at deSingel in Antwerp. In 2012, the version IN DEEP SILENCE II for flute, clarinet, violin and cello premiered with Zvezdoliki on the occasion of Wim Henderickx's 50th birthday. In 2013, the version for flute, clarinet, viola and cello premiered in Birmingham (UK) with HERMESensemble.

instrumentation

Alto Recorder (also Sopranino Recorder, Soprano Recorder, Tenor Recorder, Bass Recorder, metal chimes (Indian bells)), Alto Recorder (also Sopranino Recorder, Tenor Recorder, Bass Recorder, metal chimes (Indian bells)), Tenor Recorder (also Bass Recorder, Great Bass Recorder, metal chimes (Indian bells)), Bass Recorder (also Great Bass Recorder, Contrabass Recorder, metal chimes (Indian bells))

first performance date

05.10.2002

first performance place

Sint-Michielskerk, Beisem, Belgium

first performance by

Flanders Recorder Quartet (Vier op'n Rij)

ismn number

9790065148137

commissioned by

commissioned by Flanders Recorder Quartet (Vier op'n Rij)