3) PROSPULSION (2003)** for COMBUSTION CHAMBER ENSEMBLE.
COMBUSTION CHAMBER ENSEMBLE: violin, alt sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, French horn, trumpet, trombone, piano, marimba/glockenspiel, drums, electric guitar and bass guitar.
Conductor: Rutger van Leyden. Recorded live in 2004 at Grand Theatre / Groningen.
The Press On Combustion Chamber / c.d. “Interconnector” /
"Prospulsion " :
“Frank Crijns's "Prospulsion" shows that the ensemble can venture out into more harmonically challenging territory without sacrificing a sense of compositional architecture”
(Dan Warburton,
paristransatlantic.com/magazine/monthly2005/05may_text2.html )
“ Frank Crijns is responsible for writing “Prospulsion”, a complete different piece with echoes of Arnold Schoenberg and Miles Davis ”
(SR)
“ and the fanciful “Prospulsion” by Frank Crijns offered further proof of the Combustion Band’s amazing versatility combined with precision and fervour”
(E.J.Roozendaal, PCZ , 2OO4)
“ in Frank Crijns “Prospulsion” the pulse wages a fascinating struggle with looming stagnation ”
(J. Valkenburg, NRC Handels blad, 2005)