Anti-March
Sequeira, Jongsma, van Engelenhoven, van Neerden
Toonzetters is an album comprising 20 composers, all aged in their twenties, who wrote a 3-minute composition for the combination of piano four- or two hands and/or percussion. The result is a kaleidoscopic auditory portrait of the new generation of composers in The Netherlands, creating a continuous musical narrative. The pieces range from a solo piano work with only a single octave of lonely but touching notes (Celia Swart – Loosing) to expansive electronic soundscapes (Dimitri Geelhoed – IJsjager), and from the infectious Persian musical language of Ramin Amin Tafreshi to the clean and clever Zoekspiegel by Arjan Linker.Anti-March is one of the works featured in this album, performed by Shane van Neerden, Ramon van Engelenhoven, Agostinho Sequeira, and Arjan Jongsma. Recorded with the utmost care by 7 Mountain Records, this piece is a perfect reflection of contemporary experimental music by the new generation of composers.