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Double Concerto : for piccolo, piano and orchestra / Jan Vriend

Genre: Onbekend
Bezetting: picc-solo pf-solo 3fl(picc) 2ob eh 2cl cl-b cl-cb 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b tb3perc synth str

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Genre: Kamermuziek
Subgenre: Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting: 2vl vla vc

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Genre: Kamermuziek
Subgenre: Strijkkwartet (2 violen, altviool, cello)
Bezetting: 2vn vla vc

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Genre: Kamermuziek
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compositie

Critical Mass : eight critical states for string quartet / Jan Vriend

Overige auteurs:
Vriend, Jan (Componist)
Toelichting:
Critical Mass consists of eight short pieces which, in the tradition of classical music, might have been called 'bagatelles.' As the title suggests, my inspiration for the work comes from the physical concept of 'critical mass': the perfect proportion of fissile material to the size and shape of its container than maintains a nuclear chain reaction. This proportion has a narrow margin - is 'critical' - and must be kept constant in order to keep the chain reaction going - hence my allusion to the individual pieces as 'critical states.' A piece of music can be considered a musical state (or succession of states) in which, on the one hand, a certain degree of equilibrium is maintained, and on the other, boundaries are constantly put under threat of being broken. That is to say, it is one of the dynamics my music adheres to as a means to simulate energy, life ... It aims to maintain a high state of alertness in the listener and only provides relief when duly chalenged. - JAN VRIEND