Composer Simon Steen-Andersen
Instrumentation Guzheng solo + 0.2.3.3/4.3.3.0/3 perc/live-electronics (sampler-keyboard)/archi
Category Orchestra
Publication year 2008
Catalogue no. B.0550
Duration 15 minutes
Ouvertures
(2010)
(2010)
Composer Simon Steen-Andersen
Instrumentation Guzheng solo + 0.2.3.3/4.3.3.0/3 perc/live-electronics (sampler-keyboard)/archi
Category Orchestra
Publication year 2008
Catalogue no. B.0550
Duration 15 minutes
Simon Steen-Andersen’s ground-breaking work for Chinese GuZheng solo, sampler and symphony orchestra made a breakthrough as it won the 25,000 USD first prize at the Shanghai Spring International Music Festival in May 2009. The work has appeared on the program of the ISCM Festival 2010 and the Berlin Ultraschall Festival in 2011.
The sample material for Ouvertures is available for download in the form of an Ableton Live Set.
The sample set requires the program Ableton Live in order to be run. It can be downloaded from the Ableton website. Once the Ableton Live program is installed and the Ouvertures Live Set downloaded from this website, double click the .alp file or drag it onto the main Ableton window to install it. (You will be asked for a location in which you would like the Ouvertures2010-live-set folder to be placed.)
Once installed open the project folder and double click on the Ouvertures2010-live-set-3.als file in order to open it.
Requires Ableton Live 8.2.1 or later.
Ableton Live can be downloaded from the Ableton website.
The trial version is fully functional for 30 days.
Ableton Live can however also be run in Demo Mode. Live is fully functional in Demo mode with the exception that saving and exporting are disabled. Since these functions are not required Demo Mode will not affect running the supplied set in any way.
N.B. For all performances of this work, it is necessary to be in direct contact with the composer. Simon Steen-Andersen must be consulted in connection with the sound set-up and a live technician must be available to take care of the sound mix during rehearsals and concert.
All categories Solo 2-6 Instruments 7+ Instruments Orchestra Music Drama and Stage Music Other
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
Beside Besides
2003 • Simon Steen-Andersen
Solo
4 minutes
Cello solo
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
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)