Mozart's Entführung...?

for woodwinds, brass, percussion and double bass

year of composition

2008

duration

ca. 8'

text

This work was composed in 2008 for the Belgian Chamber Philharmonic (Casco Phil) with Benjamin Haemhouts as conductor and artistic director. It is inspired by Mozart's “Die Entführung aus dem Serail”. Ethnic percussion forms a prominent part of this composition, with the use of bendir, riq and derbuka, but the English horn also plays an important role in this work. The work flows from Een Totale Entführung, the music theatre production that Wim Henderickx and Ramsey Nasr realised in 2006.

instrumentation

Piccolo, Flute, Oboe 1, Oboe 2 (also English Horn), Clarinet in Bb 1, Clarinet in Bb 2, Bassoon 1, Bassoon 2, Horn 1, Horn 2, Trumpet in C, Double bass, Bendir, Derbuka, Riq

first performance date

04.01.2009

first performance place

Cultural Centre Bornem, Belgium

first performance by

Belgische Kamerfilharmonie

conductor

Benjamin Haemhouts

ismn number

9790065136998