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VerlorenVlei

by Roche van Tiddens

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1.
Conductor's Introduction 03:11
2.
First Movement - See, Vlei, Wind, Vuur 05:17
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3.
Second Movement - Voëls 02:50
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4.
Third Movement - Klippe 03:32
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VerlorenVlei was composed in 2014 for the Kompos orchestra and premiered in the Endler Hall, Stellenbosch Konservatorium under the baton of Alex Fokkens.

There is a long line of family heritage on the farm on the VerlorenVlei near Elands bay, South Africa. I made field recordings of the many different sound worlds that occur there, such as the wind, fire, the ‘vlei’ (marsh) at night, sea, pigs, cattle, and rolling stones. I then used SPEAR to analyse the recordings presenting the spectral analysis in graphic form. Sinusoidal partials not only provided pitch content, but also textural qualities. With this as a starting point, I went about to compose the work which moves around different textural, atmospheric platforms, and explored the orchestras capabilities in emulating the natural sound phenomenon. The software allows one to zoom into the sound’s micro-structure. The inner details were then re-imagined into a new instrumental form producing a new sonic result. Exploring the inner details of my recordings formed the inspiration for musical ideas.

The first movement focuses on large, slow moving textures, the second movement on melodic writing connecting to bird calls, and the third on rhythm. At the end of the work, I surprise the audience by walking on stage and singing a folk song sung by one of the farm workers I recorded. The 1st movement – See, Vlei, Wind, Vuur was later revised for the performance by the Cape Philharmonic Orchestra under Alex Fokkens as part of the KOMPOS Composer’s Symposium in 2015.

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released October 1, 2014

Many thanks to Alex Fokkens who conducted the orchestra and who brought the score to musical life and to Kompos for the dedicated amount of time that went into bringing the orchestra together. Thanks to Hans Roosenschoon, the lecturer in composition at Stellenbosch University for his inspirational guidance.

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Roche van Tiddens South Africa

Roché has a fascination for nature and the sounds that occur in the African ‘bushveld’. His work stems from a close interaction with sound from natural environments.

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