composers works

Andriessen, Louis

Musical-theatrical works

Reconstructie [Reconstruction] (music theatre, 2 pts, H. Claus and H. Mulisch), Amsterdam, Careé, 29 June 1969, collab. R. de Leeuw, M. Mengelberg, P. Schatt, J. van Vlijmen
The Family (film score, dir. L. de Boer), 1973
Mattheus passie (music theatre, 2 pts, L. Ferron), Amsterdam, Shaffy, 3 Nov 1976
Orpheus (music theatre, 3, L. de Boer), Amsterdam, Shaffy, 19 Oct 1977
George Sand (music theatre, 3, M. Meijer), 1980, Amsterdam, festival of fools, 29 May 1980
Golven [Waves] (film score, dir. A. Apon), 1981
Doctor Nero (music theatre, 2, L. de Boer), Amsterdam, Appel, 13 April 1984
De materie [Matter] (music theatre, 4 pts, Andriessen and R. Wilson, after N. Witsen, D. Gorlaeus, Hadewijch, M.J.H. Schoenmaekers, W. Kloos, Marie Curie and others), 1984-8: I De materie, pt 1, II Hadewijch, III De stijl, IV De materie, pt 4; Amsterdam, Muziektheater, 1 June 1989, collab. Wilson
Dubbelspoor [Double Track] (dance score), 1986, Amsterdam, Mickery, 21 Oct 1986
M is for Man, Music, Mozart (video score, dir. P. Greenaway), 1991
De trap (dance score, J. Grant: The Winged Pharaoh, choreog. B. van Dillen), 1991, Amsterdam, Frascati, 24 April 1991; see also vocal [Dances, 1991-2]
Rosa, a Horse Drama (op, Greenaway), 1994, Amsterdam, Muziektheater, 2 Nov 1994
Odyssey (dance score, choreog. B. Blankert), 1995, Rotterdam, Departure Hall, 3 May 1995; see also vocal [Odysseus' Women, 1995]
Writing to Vermeer (op, Greenaway), 1997-9, Amsterdam, Muziektheater, 1 Dec 1999

Orchestral and large ensemble

Ittrospezione II, orch, 1963
Ittrospezione III (Concept I), 2 pf, 3 inst groups, 1964
Ittrospezione III (Concept II), 2 pf, ens, 1965
Anachronie I, orch, 1966-7 [in memory of Charles Ives]
Contra tempus, large ens, 1968
Anachronie II, musique d'ameublement, ob, orch, 1969 [in memory of Erik Satie]
Hoe het is [How It Is], live elecs, str, 1969
De negen symfonieën van Beethoven [The Nine Symphonies of Beethoven], orch, ice-cream vendor's bell, 1970
Spektakel, 12 ww, 4 hn, 6 perc, improvising ens, 1970
Volkslied, any no. of insts, 1971
De volharding [Perseverance], 3 tpt, 3 sax, 3 trbn, pf, 1972
On Jimmy Yancey, jazz ens (fl, 3 sax, tpt, 3 trbn, pf, db), 1973
Hymne to the Memory of Darius Milhaud, wind, pf, db, 1974, orchd, 1978
Symfonieën der Nederlanden, 2 or more wind bands, 1974
Workers Union, any loud-sounding insts, 1975
Hoketus, 2 groups of 6 players, 1975-7
Symfonie voor losse snaren [Symphony for Open Strings], 12 solo str, 1978
De snelheid [Velocity], large ens, 1982-3, rev. 1984

Vocal music

Nocturnen, (Andriessen) S, chbr orch, 1959
Thanh Hoa, political song, 1972
Dat gebeurt in Vietnam, political song, 1973
De staat [The Republic] (Plato), 4 female vv, large ens, 1972-6
Il principe (N. Machiavelli), 2 choruses, ens, 1974
Mausoleum (M. Bakunin, A. Arnould), 2 Bar, large ens, 1979, rev. 1981
arr. of E. Satie: Messe des pauvres, 2-part mixed chorus, cb cl, accdn, hp, 14 str, 1980
De tijd [Time] (St Augustine), female chorus, large ens, 1980-81
La voce (C. Pavese), vc + 1v (1 pfmr), 1981
De stijl (M.J. Schoenmaekers, M. van Domselaer-Middelkoop), 4 female vv, female spkr, large ens, 1984-5 [incl. in music theatre work De Materie]
Hadewijch (Andriessen, after Het visioenenboek van Hadewych), S, 8vv, large ens, 1988 [incl. in music theatre work De Materie]
Nietzsche redet (F. Nietzsche), spkr, a fl, eng hn, a cl, b cl, 2 pf, str qt, db, 1989
Dances, (J. Grant), S, chbr orch, 1991-2 [concert version of ballet De trap]
Odysseus' Women (Homer), 4 women's vv, chbr orch, 1995, rev. 1998 [concert version of ballet Odyssey]
Flora Tristan (F. Bourgonje), 4-pt chorus, 1990
Trilogie van de Laatste Dag [Trilogy of the Last Day]: 1 De Laatste Dag [The Last Day] (Lucebert, folksong), child's v, 2 T, 2 Bar, large ens, 1996; 2 Tao (De Weg) [The Way] (Lao Tse), pf + koto + 1v, 2 S, 2 Mez, chbr orch, 1996; 3 Dancing on the Bones, childrens' vv, large ens, 1997

Chamber music

Solo instrumental

Electo-acoustic music

Other works

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