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"A particularly impressive piece is Workshop by Ned McGowan... McGowan creates a wonderful environment of machine and construction 'noises', placed in timbral and rhythmic interplay with rapid, flashy recorder lines that travel into quieter sections and end exuberantly." - Tom Bickley, American Recorder

in the land of cheese

(2001/2002)


1. Boeren Gekruid
2. Zoete Smeerkaas
3. Extra Belegen
 

Flute octet

piccolo / flute
3 flutes
2 alto flutes
bass flute
contrabass flute
subcontrabass flute (optional)


Flute orchestra

piccolos 
1st flutes
2nd flutes
alto flutes
bass flutes
contrabass flutes

Duration: 8'30" 



Groovy piece for flute ensemble. With influences from Janet Jackson, Velveta, de Nine Inch Nails, Kenny Garret, Martijn Padding, Casio, het Nederlands Fluitorkest, Devo, Derek Bermel, Kraft, my father, Ravel, Josef Dumoulin, Kenny Baron, de Beatles, Danny Elfman, and James Brown.


Flute orchestra, by Het Nederlands Fluitorkest, conducted by Jorge Caryevschi:



Flute octet, by Blow Up:
 



Flute octet:

Score available from Donemus Publishing

 



Flute orchestra:



Score available from Donemus Publishing

 



Written for the Dutch Flute Orchestra
First performance: Schönberg Hall, Den Haag, December 1st, 2000