• Potteke Vet, eine virtuose Spielerei

  For 6 recorders, 1 piccolo flute, 4 flutes, 2 oboes, 1 cor anglais, 1 piccolo clarinet, 11 clarinets, 1 alto clarinet, 2 bass clarinets, 3 bassoons, 6 saxophones, 3 cornets, 3 trumpets, 4 horns, 6 trombones, 2 tubas, 4 euphoniums, 6 voices and 13 percussionists

• Duration: 16' 45"
• In 1 movement
• Composed in 1996
• Commissioned by Singapore Wind Symphony
• Full score: ISMN 979-0-9016500-3-9
• Parts: available from the composer
• Downloadable scores for inspection:
  Ludus.pdf

First composition written in Singapore in 1995, this virtuoso piece is based on two nonsensical Flemish songs that were sung during weddings in the composer’s family. One group of guests will sing “potteke vet” (small pot of fat in Flemish). Out of feigned exasperation, another group tries, in the spirit of fun, to overpower the verses of “potteke” that get longer and longer by intoning “ajuin” (onion in Flemish).