VARIATIONS was Wim Henderickx's first big work for orchestra, a commission of the Jeugd en Muziekorkest, Antwerpen (Antwerp Youth Orchestra) in 1988.

In 2010 the composer rewrote this work for the young musicians of SJOE (Symphonic Youth Orchestra, Edegem), commissioned by deSingel in Antwerp.

Hannes Vanlancker rewrote this work for CONCERT BAND and conducted this version in April 2013 with the Wind band of the Royal Conservatoire Antwerp for his final exam.

The work is a mixture of the variation form and the song structure ABA.

The orchestral power of his vast symphonic work TEJAS (2009) is already tangible in this early work.

RECORDINGS

Cd 'TEJAS and other orchestral works' (2011)
with TEJAS , VARIATIONS , SKRIET and LE VISIONI DI PAURA
by Wim Henderickx
Royal Flemish Philharmonic, cond. Martyn Brabbins
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INSTRUMENTATION / EXTRA INFORMATION

for orchestra (+/- 17')
Commissioned by the Jeugd en Muziek Orkest, Antwerpen
Instrumentation: picc, 2, 2, engl hn, 2, bcl, 2, Cbsn / 4, 4, 3, 1 / timp, perc (3 pl) / hp / pno (+cel) / strings
first performance: Jeugd en Muziek Orkest with conductor Frans Cuypers
on May 20, 1989 at De Singel in Antwerp