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Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
mezzo fl/picc/fl-a cl/cl-b h perc hp pf 2vln vla vc db
Piano Concerto : for piano and ensemble / Douwe Eisenga
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Piano en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
pf-solo fl ob cl fg h tpt trb tb perc hp 2vn vla vc db
Unequal Parts (Version 2016) : for piano and ensemble / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Piano en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
pf-solo fl/picc/gl-b ob cl cl/cl-b h trp trb trb-cb(tb) 2perc acc(bajan) 2vn vla vc db
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Piano en groot ensemble
Bezetting:
2222 2220 5perc cb 2pf-solo
compositie
Ghosting Pantaleon : Concerto for piano and large ensemble / Elmer Schönberger
Toelichting:
Around the year 1700, Pantal(e)on Hebenstreit (1667-1750), a versatile German musician, caused a sensation when he built a large dulcimer. According to some sources, it had no fewer than 276 strings, made of metal as well as gut. The instrument played a significant role in preparing the way for the development of the modern piano. Louis XVI, impressed by Hebenstreit’s contraption, suggested the instrument should be named after its inventor and therefore be called a Pantaleon or Pantalon. Johann Kuhnau, Bach's predecessor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig and equally impressed, enjoyed the instrument’s ‘momentum dulcedinis et gratiae musicae’. One could say that the solo piano in Ghosting Pantaleon is shadowed by the cimbalom and its allies (harp, vibraphone, celesta).