Brel

de la Cour, Adam

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Composed

2010

Instrumentation

Flexible Ensemble with Keyboard

Scoring

4 parts, pf, perc

Availability

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About the work

All musical material was taken from the introductions of several Jacques Brel songs and distorted via a series of processes.

The percussionist hammers tacks into the sole of a shoe throughout in reference to what Brel may have ended up doing had he taken a different direction early on in life.

Origin

Commissioned by Andrew Toovey for Open Score 2010