The Garden of earthly delights

KLAAS COULEMBIER | GR6 | WINDBAND |  

SET PIECE VLOH - VLAMO OPEN HARMONY CHAMPIONSHIP 03/2019

The composition is based on the painting "The Garden of Delights" by Jheronimus Bosch from 1480-1490. In this triptych the painter creates an imaginary world full of exotic creatures and human figures. Heaven, earth and hell are depicted from left to right. In that order the painting also forms a guideline for the composition, from the sparkling start of the work to the hellish chaos at the end. The presence of a number of musical instruments is striking in the right panel, with one very unfortunate man. He is not only crushed by the intersection of a lute and a harp, but apparently ended up with his backside between a printing press. On his buttocks we read the musical notes that form the basic material for the whole work.

Listening example

VLAMO OPEN Harmoniekampioenschap 2019 - VLOH
17 maart 2019 - CC Zwaneberg, Heist-op-den-Berg.
The Garden of Earthly Delights - Klaas Coulembier performed by the KH Sint-Martinus Opgrimbie

VLAMO OPEN Harmoniekampioenschap 2019 - VLOH
17 maart 2019 - CC Zwaneberg, Heist-op-den-Berg.
The Garden of Earthly Delights - Klaas Coulembier performed by the Koninklijke Harmonie van Peer

Specifications of the work

Orchestration: concert band
Genre: concert work
Difficulty: grade 6
Publication: 2018