Louis Andriessen : Workers Union (1975-1999)
for percussion solo, installation and sound track

Workers Union (1975) - 'symphonic movement for any loud -sounding group of instruments', was originally written and dedicated to the Dutch group, Orkest de Volharding.

In the solo version, the set-up for the Workers Union is derived from a theater play, Industrial project 1: KLM-Cargo of Theatergroep Hollandia. During this performance the composition consisted of percussion, sound-track, piano and actors. The piece was performed in the Freight Station of KLM - Cargo, Schiphol, The Netherlands, where people and machines work 24 hours per day, non-stop.

This present version of Workers Union is for percussion installation and sound-track, and is based on the idea of collectivism. Work and the Workers are present and performed in the audio track. Even as a solo version, the entire piece is made possible by the efforts of musicians and artists, and the player becomes a part of the performing and theatrical mechanism as well as of the working team.

sound track : De Veen Studio & Ton van der Meer, Paul Koek, Tatiana Koleva, Florentijn Boddendijk
direction advice : Paul Koek
visual realization : Tatiana Koleva