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Center of the Universe
Composed in 2018 on commission for ‘Music Association Excelsior Ouwsterhaule’
The music society Excelsior, hailing from the Frisian village of Ouwsterhaule (the Netherlands), asked me to compose a work on the occasion of its 75th anniversary. The result was a trilogy consisting of three movements without a break between them.
The society was founded in 1945, immediately after World War II. The beginning of this work is an echo of this period, but before long a powerful thematic development in the first movement gives the impetus to the Reconstruction. The slow central movement is an attractive Pastorale that reflects the relaxed atmosphere of the rural region around Ouwsterhaule. The last movement, Excelsior, refers to the celebrating society: the meaning of the Latin term excelsior is ‘ever upward’.
The composition’s title is derived from a sculpture by the artist Gerlof Hamersma. This work of art, which was placed in a prominent spot next to the local church in 1994, represents the village as the Center of the Universe.
| Composer: | Jan de Haan |
| Instrumentation: | Concert band |
| Genre: | Concertwork |
| Level: | 4 |
| Duration: | 13:10 |
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| Publisher: | De Haske Order this work |
