Scenes from Rembrandt
Lynn Job
About this work:
Scenes from Rembrandt: Four Miniatures for Chamber Orchestra
Publisher: Buckthorn Music Press (catalog no. 10), new edition pending
Registered: ASCAP
Duration: 23 min. total over 4 movements
Written: 1980, rev. pending
Paintings: Rembrandt I.Polish Rider; II.The Abduction of Proserpina; III. Scholar in a Lofty Room; IV.Stormy Landscape.
Style: neo-classical tonal, programmatic, some extended technique
Version: chamber orchestra
Year composed: 1982
Duration: 00:23:00
Ensemble type: Orchestra:Chamber Orchestra
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Oboe, 1 Clarinet, 1 Bassoon, 2 Horn in F, 1 Trombone, 1 Percussion (General), 2 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Cello, 1 Double bass
Instrumentation notes: Standard notation, some extended technique. Percussion uses large gong/tam-tam (over 36-inch), sand blocks, triangle, snare drum, timpani, wood blocks.