CANTUS

The ensemble Super Librum is internationally acclaimed for its historically accurate performances of medieval music. In 2003 the ensemble asked for a piece, using the text of an old-Frisian song Thit was to there stunde from the 13th century.

scoring : oprano, altus, 2 fiddles, lute, theophilus-organ,
duration: ± 10
composed in : 2003



CLOUD ATLAS

Original version. Cloud Atlas, inspired by the famous novel of David Mitchell, who wrote : “Eisenga’s composition is beautiful. It is joyous, trancedent, and makes me homesick for a place I’ve never been”

commissioned by MuziekPodium Zeeland

scoring : fl, ob, cl, pf, vl, vcl
duration: ± 12'30" 
composed in : 2007



CLOUD ATLAS (L'ATLANTE DELLA NUVOLE)

Version for Pierrot Ensemble. Cloud Atlas, inspired by the famous novel of David Mitchell, who wrote : “Eisenga’s composition is beautiful. It is joyous, trancedent, and makes me homesick for a place I’ve never been”

commissioned by MuziekPodium Zeeland

scoring : fl, a.sax (&s.sax), pf 4hands, vl, vcl
duration: ± 12'30" 
composed in : 2007



KICK

"Kick, a ravishing, sixteen-minute travelogue.."

original music commissioned by Koninklijke Oratorium Vereniging

 

 

scoring : fl, a.sax, pf 4hands, vl, vcl
duration: ± 16' 
composed in : 2011



LA CASA DEGLI SPECCHI

The beginning of La Casa degli Specchi emerged in 2009 as one of the possible ideas for Delta Dance, a composition for the Clazz Ensemble. The core of the piece consists of only five notes, reflected and mirrored in many, many ways.

 

commissioned by Piccola Accademia degli Specchi

 

 

scoring : fl, s.sax, pf 4hands, vl, vcl
duration: ± 4'30"  
composed in : 2011



LA MUSIC DEL GIORNO

"Though originally based on a 250-year old Sonata by the Dutch composer Christian Ernst Graf,  the uptempo La Musica del Giorno developed into a quintessential Eisenga piece by the time the composer was done with it."

commissioned by Piccola Accademia degli Specchi

 

 

scoring : fl, a.sax, pf 4hands, vl, vcl
duration: ± 8'30"  
composed in : 2010



MOTION

"Motion, a splendid example of the composer's engaging and high-energy style." 

 

original music commissioned by Zeeland Seaports

 

 

scoring : fl, s.sax, pf 4hands, vl, vcl
duration: ± 7'
composed in : 2010

PDF - full score and parts



PASSACAGLIA

"No better argument for the superior calibre of his music is needed than Passacaglia......”

 

original music commissioned by Zeeland Nazomer festival

 

 

scoring : fl, a.sax, pf 4hands, vl, vcl
duration: ± 8'30"  
composed in : 2010

PDF - full score and parts



SUITE FROM THE WRITER, HIS WIFE, HER MISTRESS

"As the setting unfolds the appetite's whetted for material of a more animated nature, which spirited pieces such as Arrival and The Line satisfy most capably; nowhere, by comparison, is the recording more heartfelt than during the lovely closer Triangle.....”

 

original music commissioned by Zeeland Nazomer festival

 

 

scoring : sax quartet, pf, vl
duration: ± 40'
composed in : 2014