Roderik de Man
Salomon's sound - houses
Catch
Zest
Roderik de Man (Bandung/Indonesia 1941) studied percussion with and theory of music at the Royal Conservatory of The Hague. At the same time he participated in composition classes with Kees van Baaren and worked in the electronic studio as a student of Dick Raaymakers.
Since 1972 he teaches theoretical subjects and composition, also to very young composers at the same institute.
Between 1993 and 1997 he was on the board of the Dutch Composers Society (GENECO) and since 1997 he is a member of the Artistic Committee of DONEMUS, the Dutch Publishing House for contemporary music. Since 1998 he is also on the board of CEM, the Centre of Electronic Music and NEAR, the centre for Dutch Electro-Acoustic Repertoire.He is also counselor to the board of the FoundationTon Bruynèl, foundation for the promotion of electronic music. Since 2003 he is a board member of GAUDEAMUS, the Dutch Center for Contemporary Music.
Roderik de Man received many commissions from a.o. from the Foundation for the Creation of Music, the Amsterdam Art Fund and the Johan Wagenaar Foundation.
He composes purely instrumental as well as instrumental/electronic music. His oeuvre consists of solo pieces, chambermusic and works for choir, large ensemble and orchestra.
Several times compositions were selected by the international jury of the ISCM (the International Society for Contemporary Music) to be performed during the World Music Days.
In 2002 he realized a commission in Bourges at the Institut International de Musique Electroacoustique, which received first prize at the Musica Nova competition, Prague 2004. In 2005 his "Cordes Invisibles" for cello, piano and tape(cd) was awarded First Prize in the competition organized by the Institut International de Musique Electroacoustique, Bourges.
Roderik de Man's music was performed and broadcast in all European countries as well as in the United States, Brasil, Mexico, Indonesia and Japan.
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Salomon's sound - houses (2006) circa 20'
for saxophone quartet and electronics
Salomon's sound - houses for saxophone quartet and electronics was requested bu the Quasar saxophone quartet to whom the work is dedicated and commissioned by the Funds for the Creation of Music.
The title of this work was taken from "The New Atlantis" by Francis Bacon published in 1627. The description of Salomon's sound houses is as follows :
"We have sound-houses, where we practise and demonstrate all sounds, and their generation. We have harmonies which you have not, of quartet-sounds, and lesser slides of sounds. Divers instruments of music likewise to you unknown, some sweeter than any of you have; together with bells and rings that are dainty and sweet. We represent small sounds as great and deep; likewise great sounds extenuate and sharp; we make divers tremblings and warblings of sound, which in their original are entire. We represent and imitate all articulate sounds and letters, and the voices and notes of beasts and birds. We have certain helps which set to the ear do further the hearing greatly. We were tossing it; and some that give back the voice louder tahn it came; some shriller, and some deeper; yea, some rendering the voice differing in the letters of articulate sound from that they receive. We have also means to convey sounds in trunks and pipes, in strange lines and distances". Catch (2005)
for saxophone quartet Catch was composed at the request of the Dutch Saxophone Quartet and commissioned by the Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst
The title refers to different meanings of the word ' catch' as given by Webster's Dictionary:
- to seize or capture after pursuit
- to allow to become gripped
- to check or restrain suddenly
- to become inspired by or to become aware of
These meanings represent the character of this composition, which is a game for skilled musicians, demanding apart from musical sensitivity, fast reactions and well-synchronised teamwork.
Catch has been premiered on February 5 2006 by Quasar at the Musée contemporain de Montréal.
Zest (2003)
For saxophone quartet and 6 percussionists
The meaning of 'zest'
1 vigorous and enthusiastic enjoyment and:
2 a tart spicy quality
refers to the overall character of the work.
Room is also given to lyricism and solo passages
and virtuosity. Commissioned by the Fund for the Creation of music, Zest was composed for the Aurelia Quartet & the Slagwerkgroep Den Haag,
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