Articles

xxxx:time:space: (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017) are collaborative works for various acoustic and electro-acoustic instruments, live audio and visual processing, tape and video conceived and executed by Dr Robert Casteels (composer and sphere-player), Dirk Stromberg (e-luthier and composer) and Andrew Thomas (visual director). Recording lists amd article. More info at http://timespace.sg/

Bar by bar analysis of the opus 61 trio for violin, cello and piano with a numerical idée fixe of 10, 8 6, the c minor chord idée fixe, pitch e flat idée fixe common to 12 harmonies, melodic material built on c sharp whole tone scale and three motives.

Bar by bar analysis of the six elements, each based on number six, that constitute the opus 63 quartet entitled Trois-Vingts.

Facsimile of the analysis of the woodwind quintet opus 12 entitled Vagatio Super Fuga Vocibus Tribus et Tubis Quinque

Article written for the Composers Society of Singapore and published on its blog on 14-VI-2025. Casteels aims to convince more Singaporean composers to deposit their compositions with Legal Deposit. Casteels asks and answers the following questions: what is Legal Deposit?/ what is an ISMN?/ why should I deposit my compositions with Legal Deposit?/ how do I obtain an ISMN for my composition?/ the special case of parts/ what about composers’ drafts and archives?

Transcript of a pre-concert talk given by R Casteels 02-07-2008 at the Victoria Concert Hall in the frame of Singapore International Piano Festival led by reviewer Chang Tou Liang and entitled Bach to the Future, 300 years of piano masterpieces.