C16 Contemporary Music, ‘Oker’ and other pieces

level 4

Josje Lodder (NL)

In 2014 the Dutch guild organised a composition competition on the occasion of its 75th birthday.
For me this was exactly the stimulus I needed to write Oker.
For some time, I had an idea to write a piece in which the beautiful sound of the contra-tenor comes to its own, but I never made time to realise it.
The title (‘Oker’ means ocher) refers to the color I associate with this sound.
The piece is written for three contra-tenors, one soprano and one tenor.
In the middle part one of the contra-tenors plays alto.
‘Oker’ will be the main piece of this workshop, but we will also play other more or less contemporary music.