Bach-L. Andriessen
Arrangements/Transcriptions of Bach's Works by Louis Andriessen

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Louis Andriessen - Short Biography

Works

Work

No.

Year

Voices & Orchestra

Mausoleum, for 2 baritones & large ensemble (incorporating the BACH motif)
Text: Michail Bakoenin and Arthur Arnould
Duration: 30 min
Text in Russian, Dutch and English.
Instrumentation: baritones, brass, percussion, bass guitar, 2 harps, 2 pianos, and strings (violas, violoncellos, and double-basses)
[Amsterdam: Donemus, 1982]

1979

De stijl (de materie, part III), for 4 women's voices, female speaker and large ensemble (incorporating the BACH motif)
Text: from M.H.J. Schoenmaeker's "Beginselen der beeldende wiskunde" and M. van Domselaer-Middelkoop "Herinneringen aan Mondriaan
Instrumentation: flutes (3), saxophons (5), trumpets (4), trombones (4), percussion, pianos (2), electric guitars (2), electric bass, synthesizers (2), electric amplifier
[London: Boosey & Hawkes, 1996]

1985

De Materie, opera (incorporating the BACH motif)
[Amsterdam: Donemus, 1989]

1989

String Quartet

WTC 1: Prelude & Fugue No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869, arranged for string quartet with the first six bars augmented with a viola part by Igor Stravinsky, now completed by Louis Andriessen
[London: Boosey & Hawkes, 2009]

2006

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Prepared by Aryeh Oron (July 2011)

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