Lex van Delden(1919-88): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music

[Dundonnell]

A Dutch composer I missed earlier but whose omission I have been asked to rectify by Dutch members of this site.

Quote from the Wikipedia article:

"Lex van Delden strongly believed in the continuing validity of tonality in the broadest sense of the term and preferred to obey his own spontaneous creative impulses, fashioning his ideas into a uniquely personal idiom, rather than following the various musical trends of the day.He loved working closely with performers, too, utilising to the full the peculiarities and possibilities specific to the instruments as well as meeting the wishes and demands of the players. If he felt at all consciously influenced by any predecessors, it was perhaps by such old Dutch Masters as Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, whose solid constructivism certainly contributed to his own highly developed grasp of form."

LEX VAN DELDEN: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1939:   Fantasia II for Piano and String Orchestra
1940:   "In Nachtschaduw" for soprano and orchestra, op. 2: 7 minutes
1943-45:Concertstuk for Piano and Orchestra, op.12   (unfinished)
1945:   Ballet Music "De Pascha en de Beer" for small orchestra  (lost)
1949:   Allegretto for small orchestra, op.22b: 4 minutes
1951:   "Concerto Piccolo-Introduzione e Allegro" for Violin, Piano and Orchestra, op.28
1951-52:Harp Concerto, op. 32: 24 minutes    +  (Etcetera cd)
1953:   "In Memoriam" for orchestra or wind band, op.38: 10 minutes
              Symphony No.2 "Sinfonia Giocosa", op. 39: 20 minutes
1954:    Symphony "De Stroom-Mai 1940" for soprano, chorus and orchestra, op.40: 31 minutes
             Trio for String Orchestra, op. 44: 13 minutes
1955:    Symphony No.3 "Facetten", op. 45: 16 minutes    +  (Etcetera cd)
             Oratorio "De Vogel Vrijheid" for soprano, baritone, chorus and orchestra, op. 46: 45 minutes
1955-56:Ballet Music "Tij en Ontij", op.62: 20 minutes
1956:     Trumpet Concerto, op. 54: 18 minutes
1957:     Symphony No.4, op. 56: 31 minutes
1958:     "Overture voor een feestdag", op. 60: 10 minutes
1959:     Concerto for Two Oboes and Orchestra, op.64: 19 minutes
              "Pantomime" for orchestra, op. 64a: 3 minutes
              Symphony No.5, op.65: 20 minutes
1960:     Piano Concerto, op. 66: 20 minutes
              "Piccolo Concerto" for 12 wind instruments, timpani, percussion and piano, op. 67: 10 minutes     +  (Etcetera cd)
1961-63:Symphony No.6, ops.69/81
1961:   Concerto for Two String Orchestras, op. 71: 21 minutes    +   (Etcetera cd)
1962:   "Anthropolis" for contralto, baritone/narrator, chorus and orchestra,op. 73: 40 minutes
             "Draaidens" for wind band, percussion, piano, xylophone and double bass, op. 75: 2 minutes
             Oratorio "Icarus" for soprano, contralto, baritone, narrator, chorus and orchestra, op. 77: 50 minutes
1963:   "Dierlijke Suite" for chorus and wind band, op. 78: 10 minutes
             "Piccola Musica Concertata" for three trombones, timpani and string orchestra, op. 79: 12 minutes
1964:   Symphony No.7 "Sinfonia Concertante" for eleven wind instruments, op. 83: 22 minutes    +   (Delphi cd)
             Symphony No.8 for string orchestra, op.84: 22 minutes    *
1965:   Flute Concerto, op.85: 21 minutes
             Concerto for Violin, Viola, Double Bass and Orchestra, op. 88: 18 minutes
1967:   Concerto for Two Soprano Saxophones and Orchestra, op. 91: 19 minutes
             "Canto della Guerra(dal Erasmo)" for chorus and orchestra, op. 92: 22 minutes
             "Musica Sinfonica" for orchestra, op. 93: 20 minutes    +   (Etcetera cd)
1968:   Concerto for Celeste, percussion and string instruments, op. 94: 15 minutes
1970:   Partita for wind band, op. 96: 10 minutes
1973:   Concerto for Electric Organ and Orchestra, op.100: 17 minutes
1977:   "Bafadis" for orchestra, op.103: 5 minutes
1978:   Concerto for Violin, fifteen wind instruments and percussion, op. 104:17 minutes
             "Trittico" for chamber orchestra, op.105: 18 minutes
1981:   "Musica di Catasto: Intrada e Passacaglia" for string orchestra, op. 108: 13 minutes
1982:   "Marcia Pomposa" for wind orchestra, op. 109: 5 minutes     +  (NM Classics cd)
1986:   "Adonias' Dood" for chorus and symphonic wind band, op. 113: 18 minutes

Source:

http://www.lexvandelden.nl/

[alberto]

I own Etcetera KTC 1156 containing op.45, 67, 71 and 93. I just notice that van Delden enjoyed the advocacy of Szell, Jochum and Haitink.

[Christo]

I own Etcetera KTC 1156 containing op.45, 67, 71 and 93. I just notice that van Delden enjoyed the advocacy of Szell, Jochum and Haitink.

I own that cd too. The other remarkable fact is, that it's the only cd with orchestral work by Van Delden (others contain his chamber music). I only own one other cd with a piece by him, a Centre Netherlands Music/Radio Nederland cd from 1989 (an early form of what later became the NM Classics label), the Dutch Youth Wind Orchestra under Jan Cober playing pieces by René Pieper, Jochem Slothouwer, Lex van Delden and Henk Badings'Symphony No. 15.
The Lex van Delden is the Marcia Pomposa for wind orchestra, op. 109 from 1982, taking 5'17 minutes in this recording.

However, the Lex van Delden Foundation site - http://www.lexvandelden.nl - has two more recordings:

Opus 32 Concerto per Arpa ed Orchestra (1951/1952) for harp and orchestra [24']
Phia Berghout (harp), with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Eduard van Beinum
ETCETERA KTC 2024, 2cd (1996)

Opus 83 Sinfonia VII - Sinfonia Concertante (1964) for 11 wind instruments [22']
"Dutch Music in 20th Century Architecture" Delphi Ensemble (cd 2004)