Publication year 2015
Catalogue no. C.1275
Duration 4 minutes
Beside Besides
(2003)
(2003)
Publication year 2015
Catalogue no. C.1275
Duration 4 minutes
Next To Beside Besides is a series of ‘translations’ of the piece Beside Besides for solo cello, which is itself a modification of the ending of the piece Besides for three amplified and three muted instruments. The translations take into account the parts of the original composition that were conceived of with a focus on the gestures of the movements producing the sound – a kind of choreographic translation. All translations can be played together in any combination simultaneously as duos, trios, etc. up to ensemble pieces. The only versions that I recommend playing solo (unless for a specific conceptual or dramaturgical reason) are #0 and #1. Different combinations can be played after each other as movements or between other pieces in a concert as ritornellos, but one should look for maximum variation in the order or build-up in order to avoid the feeling of repeating a piece. Combinations with video (preferably including different versions for the same player) are called Self-Reflecting Next To Beside Besides. Ideally the instruments should sit in a line to emphasise the parallel movements. The piece may be played with a click track.
Feel free to contact the composer to discuss the possibilities of a given instrumentation or setup, including amplification and staging.
All categories Solo 2-6 Instruments 7+ Instruments Orchestra Music Drama and Stage Music Other
Don Giovanni’s Inferno
2023 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Music Drama and Stage Music
135 minutes
2.2.2.2/2.2.3.0/perc,kbd,regal/8.6.5.3.2 + 6 singers, onstage ensemble, video, electronics
Next to Beside Besides #6b
2006 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
Amplified viola solo
Drownwords
2003 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
12 minutes
Guitar and performer
TRIO
2019 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Orchestra
48:30 minutes
Symphony orchestra, big band, and choir
De Profundis (version for Bass Clarinet)
2000 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
12 minutes
Bass clarinet soloist, also playing percussion
Asthma
2017 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
22 minutes
Accordion & video
Inszenierte Nacht
2013 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Music Drama and Stage Music
55 minutes
pno, vlc, trb, trp(+singing), 2 perc, gui
Buenos Aires
2014 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Music Drama and Stage Music
85 minutes
5 singers (SATBB), perc, cl, vlc, gui
Next to Beside Besides #6
2006 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
Amplified violin solo
Next to Beside Besides #2
2005 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
(Any) saxophone solo, amplified
Next to Beside Besides #11
2007 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
Amplified vibraphone solo
Next to Beside Besides #12
2008 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
Amplified accordion solo
Next to Beside Besides #10
2007 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
Miniature video camera solo
Next to Beside Besides #9
2007 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
Amplified double bass solo
Next to Beside Besides #7
2006 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
Amplified piano solo with whammy pedal
Next to Beside Besides #5
2006 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
Amplified piccolo solo
Next to Beside Besides #13
2008 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
Amplified guitar solo
Next to Beside Besides #8
2006 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
Amplified guitar solo
Next to Beside Besides #3
2006 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
Amplified accordion solo
Next to Beside Besides #1
2005 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
Amplified double bass solo
Im Rauschen
2012 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
10 minutes
Picc, fl (playable by non-flutist), b cl, with intra-instrumental playback
Next to Beside Besides #4
2006 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
Amplified percussion solo
“if this then that and now what”
2016 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Music Drama and Stage Music
105 minutes
4 actors, 2 trombones, 4 percussionists, and 12 strings
Korpus
2015 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
11:30 minutes
7-8 players on 3 Partch instruments
Study for Alto Saxophone and Percussion
1998 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
7:30 minutes
Alto saxophone & percussion
Pretty Sound
2008 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
7:30 minutes
Amplified piano solo
Etude No.1
1999 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
1 minutes
Piano Solo
Difficulties Putting it Into Practice (for two musicians)
2007 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
12 minutes
2 amplified musicians
Difficulties Putting it Into Practice (for four musicians)
2007 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
12 minutes
4 amplified musicians
Mono
2014 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
9 minutes
Male vocal, keyboard, electronics
Piano Concerto
2014 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Orchestra
25 minutes
Pno solo + 3.3.3.3/4.3.3.1/4perc/arpa/archi/live-elec/video
Studies for String Instrument #1, 2, 3
2011 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
String instruments
String Quartet no. 2
2012 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
14 minutes
String quartet with prepared and amplified bows
Black Box Music
2012 • Simon Steen-Andersen
7+ Instruments
32 minutes
Black box + Bar sax, bass cl, bsn, horn, trp, trb, pno, 3 perc, hp, el-gui, vla, vlc, cb
in-side-out-side-in...
2001 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
10 minutes
Guitar
Besides
2003 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
13 minutes
Amplified piano, picc fl and vl + damped string trio
Study for String Instrument #3
2011 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
5 minutes
Cello and video
Study for String Instrument #1
2007 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
7 minutes
String instrument(s) ad lib.
Study for String Instrument #2
2009 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
6 minutes
String instrument(s) ad lib. and whammy pedal
Split Point
2002 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
12 minutes
Solo percussion
History of my Instrument
2011 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
9 minutes
Harp and video playback
Beloved Brother
2008 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
7 minutes
Guitar
On And Off And To And Fro
2008 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
15 minutes
Ssax, vibr, cb, 3 players with megaphones
String Quartet
1999 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
10 minutes
String quartet
Run Time Error
2009 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Other
Video installation / site-specific performance
De Profundis
2000 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
12 minutes
Soprano saxophone soloist, also playing percussion
Spin-Off
2002 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
3 minutes
S-sax, trp, acc, cb
Rerendered
2004 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
10 minutes
Piano solo with two assistants
Amid
2004 • Simon Steen-Andersen
7+ Instruments
10 minutes
fl, cl, perc, pno, gui, vl, vlc
Double Up
2010 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Orchestra
18 minutes
2.2.2.2/2.2.2.0/3 perc/arpa/sampler/archi
In spite of, and maybe even therefore
2007 • Simon Steen-Andersen
2-6 Instruments
9 minutes
Fl, cl, cbsn, cor, perc, pno, cb
Chambered Music
2007 • Simon Steen-Andersen
7+ Instruments
11 minutes
Trb offstage + 1.0.1.0/1.1(picc).0.0/2perc/keyb(sampler)/1.1.1.1.1
Praesens
2001 • Simon Steen-Andersen
7+ Instruments
16:30 minutes
1.0.1.0/1.1.1.0/3 perc/pno/1.1.1.1.1
Ouvertures
2010 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Orchestra
15 minutes
Guzheng solo + 0.2.3.3/4.3.3.0/3 perc/live-electronics (sampler-keyboard)/archi
Amongst
2005 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Orchestra
33 minutes
Amplified guitar solo + 3.0.3.0/4.3.3.0/3perc/pno/archi(as large as possible)