Ross Roy (de Haan)
Ross Roy is a composition by the Dutch composer Jacob de Haan from 1997. It is one of the original compositions for brass music and was published by the Dutch music publisher "De Haske". The piece often appears in the concert program of wind bands, also in the amateur field.
history
Ross Roy was commissioned for the school orchestra of St. Peters Lutheran College in Brisbane . This school was founded in 1945 and is located in a monumental villa called Ross Roy . This villa has always remained a symbol of the school that is located in it. The first performance of the work took place on August 22, 1997 under the direction of the composer in Brisbane.
description
De Haan himself describes his piece as a work full of metaphors. A monumental opening theme, the so-called “Ross Roy theme”, sounds again and again, starting with bars 3, 54 and 67. The composer wants the villa to have a monumental appearance on the one hand, but also what is decisive for him as a 'monument of time' Put the meaning of school time for the rest of life in notes. The variation of the theme from bar 54 is humorous and light and is intended to represent the "bright side of life", the beautiful side of life in and around school, the humor and laughter of the students, while the slower, stately version of the theme from bar 67, now set in major , expresses pride and self-confidence that is acquired in school. In “Tempo di Marcia”, de Haan symbolically represents the structure and discipline that prevails in the school (from bars 15 and 30). Further themes appear at the same tempo from bar 171, where oriental-like sounds are supposed to represent the diversity of cultures in the school landscape, and in the final part from bar 182, which is reminiscent of a classical overture and with which the composer describes the school years as an “overture to the rest of life “Wants to represent. A twice recurring intermediate section (from bars 93 and 119) is expressive and melodic and aims to express “love, friendship and understanding” of the people who interact with each other in school life.
literature
- Elmar Altmeier: "Jacob de Haan directed the 17th orchestral seminar in Diefflen". In: Saarländische Amateur-Musik 5/6, 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description of the work at De Haske-Musikverlag. Retrieved November 23, 2014 .
- ↑ Detailed work description on the composer's website. Retrieved May 10, 2019 .
- ↑ Ross Roy - Overview of the topics used. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 5, 2009 ; accessed on November 23, 2014 .