Vocal

CHOIR with ORCHESTRA

Muziek voor een Slaapstad (Music for a dormitory Suburb) (1979)
for 3part choir (sopr alt ten/bas) and orchestra (2222 2220 1perc str)
text: from the club magazine of a drum band in the Bijlmermeer, a suburb of Amsterdam
duration: 25′
publishers: MCN

SOLO VOICE with ORCHESTRA

Thomas (1975)
for the voice of Dylan Thomas on cd, reciting his own poem Lament and orchestra (2111 4sax
0210 2perc el.org cemb 4cb)
text: Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)
duration: 10′
publishers: MCN

SOLO VOICE(S) with CHOIR and ORCHESTRA

Uiteindelijke Dingen (Ultimate Matters) (2003)
for soprano, tenore, mixed choir and orchestra (2222 2200 1perc timp str)
text: Karel van het Reve (1921-1999)
duration: 23′
publishers: MCN

Episodes de la Vie d’un Artiste (1992/93)
for baritone, mezzo-soprano, tenore, mixed choir, boys’ choir and orchestra(2fl 2ob 1eh 2cl 1cl-b
2fg 1cfg   4h 2trp 1trp-p 2trb 1trb-b tb    timp 3perc 2hp pf   2accord   str)
text: a.o. from the Mémoires by Hector Berlioz (1803-1869), the letters of his wife Harriet Smithson (1800-1854) and their son Louis (1834-1867), and Berlioz, the biography by
D. Kern Holoman
duration: 65′
publishers: MCN

SOLO VOICE(S) with CHOIR and INSTRUMENT(S)

Put me on my Bike (1971)
for baritone, alto recorder and mixed choir.
text: the last words (‘put me on my bike’) supposed to have been said by the English cyclist Tom
Simpson (1937-1967) before his death on the  Mont Ventoux
duration: 11′
publishers: MCN

CHOIR with INSTRUMENT(S)

Moya’s Song (2016)
for mixed choir and organ
words: Moya Howlett
duration: 15′
publisher: Donemus Publishing

Felix und Clara (2005)
for mixed choir and stringquartet
text: Felix Schumann (1854-1879) and Clara Schumann-Wieck (1819-1879)
duration: 27′
publishers: MCN

Een bevroren Trompet in Helsinki (A frozen Trumpet in Helsinki) (1996)
for mixed choir and piccolo trumpet
text: from the diary of the Frisian adventurer Leonardo Faber (1840-1896)
duration: 11′
publishers: MCN

Coda (1983)
for mixed choir and 13 instruments (2fl 2sax h 3trp 2tb trb-b pf cb)
text: from a letter by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
(versions in Dutch and English available)
duration: 15′
publishers: MCN
Coda (1990) arranged by Bernard van Beurden
for mixed choir, 10 accordions, piano, double bass and percussion (1 player)
text/duration/publishers: see above

Monk’s Blues (1974)
for piano, 14 voices (3sopr 4alt 4ten 3bas) and 12 wind instruments (2112 2121)
text: words from blues by a.o. Jim Jackson and Sterling A. Brown
duration: 5′
publishers: MCN

SOLO VOICES with INSTRUMENT(S)

Druppels op Wangen (Drops on Cheeks) (2006)
5 songs for mezzo-soprano and piano
text: Maaike Klaster
duration: 13′
publishers: MCN

John Clare Triptych
text: John Clare (1793-1864)
1.  Invitation to Eternity (2002)
for soprano cl vc pf
duration: 25′
publishers: MCN
2.  Journey out of Essex (2002)
for speaking voice fl cl vl vla vc pf
duration: 31′
publishers: MCN
3.  John Clare (2000/01)
for tenore and 15 instruments (fl/picc ob cl cl-b fg h trp trb 1perc pf 2vl vla vc cb)
duration: 25′
publishers: MCN

SOLO VOICES with INSTRUMENT(S)

Een taaie Winter (A tough Winter) (1988)
for mezzo-soprano and alto flute
text: from a letter by the Dutch composer Willem Pijper
(1894-1947) to his mother, written a short time before his death
(English version available, printed in Tweeluik nr.2)
duration: 8′
publishers: MCN
Een taaie Winter (A tough Winter) nr.2  (1990)
for mezzo-soprano, accordion en violoncello
text: see above
duration: see above
publishers: MCN
Eindelijk aangekomen (Finally arrived) (1996)
for tenore and bass recorder
text: from a letter by the Dutch author Herman Gorter
(1864-1927) to his girlfriend Jenne Clinge
Doorenbos
(English version available, printed in Tweeluik nr.2)
duration: 8′
publishers: MCN
Tweeluik (Diptych) (1999)
consisting of Een taaie Winter/A tough Winter and Eindelijk aangekomen/Finally arrived
for mezzo-soprano and alto flute
text: see above
duration: 16′
publishers: MCN
Tweeluik (Diptych) nr.2 (2001)
consisting of Een taaie Winter/A tough Winter and Eindelijk aangekomen/Finally arrived
for mezzo-soprano, accordion and violoncello
text: see above
duration: 16′
publishers: MCN

Van de Dichter en de Griffier (From the Poet and the Clerk) (1996)
for speaking voice and piano
text: from the 18th century account of a journey by Mr. Lodewijk Muntinge from Groningen
duration: 9′
publishers: MCN
 

 

SOLO VOICES with INSTRUMENT(S)

Also sprach Egbert (2011)
for speaking voice, 5 accordions and violoncello
words: Egbert Spelde
duration: 10′
not published

Fred Walking Badger and Aaron Rivers are missing (1995)
for speaking voice and 13 instruments (fl/picc ob cl fg h trb 1perc pf 2vl vla vc cb)
text: from the American monthly Smoke Signals-juli/aug. 1974, made by and for Americans from
Red Indian descent
duration: 14′
publishers: MCN

The End (1992)
7 songs for bass/baritone solo
(the last song is accompanied by one or more unspecified instruments)
text: a.o. John Aubrey (1626-1697), Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) and David Barton
duration: 10′
publishers: MCN

The Piano Teacher (1992) concertversion
for speaking pianist and slide projection ad libitum
text: Fer Bank
(versions in English, Dutch, French and German available)
duration: 14′
publishers: MCN

SOLO VOICES with INSTRUMENT(S)

Gebroken Sprookjes (Broken Fairy Tales) (1991)
for bass and 15 instruments (fl/picc ob cl cl-b fg h trp trb 1perc pf/cel 2vl vla vc cb)
text: 3 fairy tales written by Said, Nining, en Mireille, 12-year-old children for who Dutch is not
their mother tongue
duration: 35′
publishers: MCN

Het Beest van Monsieur Racine (Monsieur Racine’s Animal) (1991)
for speaking pianist and slide projection ad libitum
text: Tomi Ungerer
duration: 40′
publishers: MCN

Australiana (1989)
3 songs for baritone and accordion
text: from 19th century penal records regarding the first colonists of Australia
duration: 25′
publishers: MCN

Late of the City of Rome (1989)
for mezzo-soprano and flute quartet
text: John Keats (1795-1821)
duration:20′
publishers: MCN

Finale (1984 revision 1986)
for baritone, alto saxophone/bass clarinet and marimba/vibraphone
text: Fer Bank
duration: 30′
publishers: MCN

programme notes

Requiem voor een Levende (Requiem for a living One) (1985)
for speaking voice, mixed choir, 4 saxophones, 9 accordions, 3 double basses, percussion(3 players)
text: Latin words from the requiem mass and a final text in Old French
duration: 50′
publishers: MCN

SOLO VOICES with INSTRUMENT(S)

The Jazzman, his Wife and the Persian Poet (2014)
for narrator, mixed chorus, 2 trumpets, piano, double bass and percussion (1 player)
words: Chan Parker, Omar Khayyam
duration: ca. 23 minutes
not published

Brommerlied (Moped Song) (1983)
for mezzo-soprano, accordion and percussion (1 player)
text: Fer Bank
(Dutch and English versions available)
duration: 16′
publishers: MCN

Minutes of Lives (1982)
for soprano and clarinet quartet
text: John Aubrey (1626-1697)
duration: 35′
publishers: MCN

Mesmerised (1977, revision 1980)
for soprano, 3 trumpets, piano and percussion (3 players)
text: Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)
duration: 30′
publishers: MCN

Blind Boy Fuller (1966, revision 1968)
for voice (facultative), alto recorder, piano and the recording (Chicago 1940) of ‘Thousand Women
Blues’ sung by Blind Boy Fuller
duration: 15′
publishers: MCN

SOLO VOICE

The End (1992)
7 songs for bass/baritone solo
(the last song is accompanied by one or more unspecified instruments)
text: a.o. John Aubrey (1626-1697), Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) and David Barton
duration: 10′
publishers: MCN
Lovesong (1991)
for bass/baritone solo
text: John Aubrey (1626-1697)
duration: 1′
publishers: MCN (included in Tien Vocale Minuten)

A very bad Character (1989)
for bass/baritone solo
text: from a 19th century Australian penal record concerning an early English convict. By adding an accordion also Song 1 in Australiana
duration: 6’30”
publisher: MCN