DESCRIPTION:
The Ricciotti Ensemble, performing 'Le Sacre du Sacre'. A piece with a few original idea's.

Conductor: Bas Wiegers.
Oboe: Esther Kurtz
Trumpet: Michael Inofuentes
Concert Master: Vera van der Bie
Piano: Laura Holzenspies

Filmed by Floris van Bergeijk.

17th of March 2003, Fentener van Vlissingenzaal, The Utrecht Conservatory (HKU)

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This piece was originaly composed solemnly for one purpose; namely as a closing piece of my graduation exam.

In the fifties, pupils like Penderecki would be pushed to compose classical and romantic pieces almost every day. During the same period a new stream came up led by people like John Cage, who almost offensively tried to break all the classical rules, demanded artistic freedom and an (arguably) justified discussion.

The days in which you were practicaly forced to compose 'conservative classical' music are over. Now you are forced to compose conservative avant guarde. As a pupil you will hardly ever dare use a cantabile line or a diatonic harmonic progression.

You are constantly under a tremendous, even if subconscious pressure to compose music which is not attractive, not sing-able, not tonal and in many cases you are literaly obliged to supress emotion.

Regularly Ligeti and Stravinksy are being quoted, being perceived by most tutors as only true and pure visionaries of how you are supposed to compose today.

I felt that quoting Stravinsky musically works better for me.
And literaly, my favorite quote of his is "A composer does not imitate. He steals".

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