Orchestra
A Life in a Day, for string orchestra and harpsichord
Symphony No. 2
Helix
Eruption
Camera Obscura: Dark Chamber
Totem
Masquerade
Vraimed
Marble Sparks
Why Elsewhere
Symphony No. 1, Golden Dragon
violin 1, violin 2, violin 3 (movement 1 and 3 only), viola, cello, double bass (or cello 2)
Duration: 15’
Year of composition: 2025
Premiere: Stradivari Players, conducted by Joseph Elworthy Vancouver Academy of Music, Canada, 28 November, 2025
Commissioned by the Stradivari Players and Joseph Elworthy
More information on A Life in a Day here
2222/4231/T/2perc/pno/hp/str
Duration: 7’
Year of composition: 2018, rev. 2022
Premiere: Vancouver Symphony, Otto Tausk, Orpheum Vancouver, Canada, 21 September, 2018
Commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
More information on Helix here
ob trp perc pno str: 44221 (or 88442)
Duration: 18’
Year of composition: 2015
To the memory of my father Marten Gerard Top
Commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra.
Premiere: Vancouver Symphony conducted by Gordon Gerrard April 26, 2015 Orpheum Annex, Vancouver, Canada
More information on Camera Obscura here
3[3pic] 3[3ca] 3[3bcl] 3[3cbn] 4331 timp+4perc[drmkit] hp cel str
Duration: 12’
Year of composition: 2012
Commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra during tenure as Composer-in-Residence for a 2013 US tour
Premiere: Vancouver Symphony, Bramwell Tovey, Orpheum Vancouver, Canada, 19 January, 2013
Prize: Third Prize in the 2013 Val Tidone "Egidio Carella" Composition Competition, Italy
More information on Totem here
3[2fl,1pic]23[2cl,1bcl]3[2bn,1 cbn]/4231/T/3perc/hp/str
Duration: 9’
Year of composition: 2011
Commissioned by the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra during tenure as Composer-in-Residence
Premiere: Vancouver Symphony, Bramwell Tovey, Orpheum Vancouver, Canada, 3 December, 2011
More information on Masquerade here
2222 2210 timp perc hp str (65432)
Duration: 10’
Year of composition: 2004
Premiere: Netherlands Kamerfilharmonie, Peter Eötvös, Nederlandse Muziekdagen, Vredenburg Utrecht, December, 2004
Prize: First Prize Henriëtte Bosmans Prize
More information on Marble Sparks here
2[pic]2[eh]22 2210 perc str
Duration: 8'
Year of composition: 2002
Premiere: Netherlands Kamerfilharmonie, Peter Eötvös, Nederlandse Muziekdagen, Vredenburg Utrecht, December, 2002
More information on Why Elsewhere here
3333 4431 timp 3perc hp pf(cel) str(14121086)
Duration: 16'
Year of composition: 2000; rev. 2001
Premiere: Netherlands Ballet Orchestra, Peter Rundel; Beurs van Berlage Amsterdam, Netherlands, May 2002
More information on Symphony No.1 here