Henk Alkema

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Henk Alkema (born November 20, 1944 in Harlingen , Netherlands , † August 4, 2011 in Utrecht ) was a contemporary Dutch composer .

Live and act

Alkema completed his studies at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague with Léon Orthel and from 1976 conducting with Willem Frederik Bon and then with Zolt Deaky and Huub Kerstens .

During his studies he was active as a jazz pianist and improviser. Numerous radio recordings bear his name with self-composed ensembles and also with well-known orchestras. He was a co-founder of the Honelulu theater company . In 1978 he became a lecturer at the Muziek Pedagogical Academie in Leeuwarden and from 1983 lecturer at the Utrecht Conservatory . He later became light music coordinator and director from 1994 to 1996. He was a visiting artist at Berklee College of Music in Boston , United States and at the School of Fine Arts at the University of Montana .

Works

Works for orchestra

  • 1978 Intrada
  • 1982 De zee (De sé) for 3-part mixed choir (SABar) and orchestra Text: Hessel van der Wal (Frisian text)
  • 1987 Vijf schetsen for a variable ensemble
    1. Het klussen
    2. De wandeling
    3. Het think
    4. fanfare
    5. Slot song
  • 1992 Sweet pain for 8 cellos

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1979 Koper en slagwerk (Brass and percussion) for 2 trumpets, 2 horns, 2 trombones, tuba and 8 percussionists
  • 1982 Openen en sluiten for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (2nd also bass clarinet), 2 horns and 2 bassoons
  • 1991 La bête
  • 1996 Fin de siècle
  • 1997 The monks for symphonic wind orchestra
  • 1999 Mater dolorosa for saxophone quartet and wind orchestra
  • 2000 Songs of praise and pain (DOEFF) for fanfare orchestra
  • 2002 The Harmonie Orchester introduces itself for speakers and wind orchestra
    1. Overture / Introductie (Rondo)
    2. Introductie tot de houtblazers
    3. intermezzo
    4. Introductie tot de koperblazers
    5. Introductie tot de melodische percussie-Introductie tot de ritmische percussie
    6. final
  • 2004 Black heat

Stage works

  • 1990/1991 Rixt a Frisian opera in 2 acts for solos (3 soprano, mezzo-soprano, alto, 2 tenors, 2 baritone) mixed choir (SATB), orchestra and stage orchestra (violin, clarinet, accordion)
  • 2004 Bonifatius Opera for 6 vocalists, choir and orchestra Libretto: Peter te Nuyl

Vocal music

  • 1975 Ten Zen songs for mezzo-soprano (or baritone) and piano
    1. The search for the bull
    2. Discovering the footprints
    3. Perceiving the bull
    4. Catching the bull
    5. Taming the bull
    6. Riding the bull home
    7. The bull transcended
    8. Both bull and self transcended
    9. Reaching the source
    10. In the world

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Friesch Dagblad (Dutch) from August 6, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Alkema, Henk
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch composer and lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Harlingen , the Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH 4th August 2011
Place of death Utrecht