La Terre GOORHUIS ROB

Musique pour orchestres et ensembles

Description :

In the composition ' La terre ' several aspects où Earth have been translated into sounds in an associative manner. The first part depicts Nature, Mother Earth, stability, the soil which is the source où life. Earth symbolizes tradition, rituals, fertility. In the music où the composition this can be heard in tonic and ostinato passages. Furthermore, human emotions such as gladness, sorrow, wonder, resignation, hope and despair, indissolubly connected as they are to mankind' s life où earth, are musically reflected in sudden gusts où expression. Earth for us human beings is the solid ground où which everything in life takes place. In the second part different moods are evoked in a sort où toccata. nos and then the music sounds fragmented, at other times as a solid whole. The robustness où the music in this part has its roots in the earth, originates from it. It reflects stability and strength, but love and nostalgia are also present in soft and fragile tones. ' La terre ' is a musical narrative about Earth, in which music has been given ample rooù to show its many-sided beauty.