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Verses on Subtlety : for big band
Genre:
Onbekend
Subgenre:
Big band
La celebrazione : sinfonia no. 8, (in stile classico), 1977 / Jurriaan Andriessen
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
2222 2200 timp str
Blues : Cantate 2, for orchestra, 1999 / Hans Koolmees
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
5555 sax-s 4441 6perc hp 2pf str
Hymne : for harmony orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
pic 2fl 3ob 2fg 4cl sax-s sax-a sax-t sax-b 4h 3trp 3trb bar 3tb 5perc cb
compositie
Le café de nuit : for orchestra / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Overige auteurs:
Graaff, Jan-Peter de
(Componist)
Toelichting:
"Le café de nuit" is a 13-minute fantasia/nocturne for orchestra, based on the painting (with the same name) by Vincent van Gogh, and the letters he wrote to this brother Theo during his stay in Arles, where he rented a studio above the café. In the letters, he describes this place as "a place where you can ruin yourself, go mad, commit crimes". This subject really interested me as a composer as there is really a conflict within the concept of a café. Usually, one goes to a café to escape the ongoing world and everyday problems, to dance, to celebrate life and to drink and go drunk to immerse oneself in a different reality. However, there is a danger, as van Gogh states, as the café also influences the world outside. It is a place where the darkest side of human behaviour emerges. In the piece I tried to find this strange balance between joy and danger, between alertness (or even panic) and being drunk, between passion and truth.
Jan-Peter de Graaff