'There was a kind of depth in the tonality. In the twentieth century, with the loss of tonality, that depth also disappeared from the music. I don't want the tonality back, but what you could achieve with it. And that is depth, space, drama. ' According to Cornelis de Bondt about his composing. An example of this drama is the in 1992-1993 composed "The tragic act for five performers and a sound
… engineer". After "Bint" from 1980, this was the second work that De Bondt has written for the five musicians of the Loos ensemble, which emerged from the illustrious ensemble Hoketus. The title of "The Tragic Act" was taken from Bach's "Cantata No. 106, the Actus tragicus". One of the building blocks of "The tragic act", the sampled sound of a boy soprano is derived from this cantata. The music of the Loos ensemble is difficult to place in one category. A reviewer gave the following description: 'An ensemble that can be regarded as the most radical continuation of the group Hoketus: composition combined with improvisation; unadorned, elementary, blocky music with an incredible energy. ' (HJ) _more
