componist
Jan-Peter de Graaff (*1992), geboren in Papendrecht en opgegroeid op het eiland Terschelling, startte met componeren op 15-jarige leeftijd. Na twee jaar privé-lessen compositie te hebben gevolgd bij Klaas ten ...
gerelateerde werken
Concerto Nº 7 : for luthéal and orchestra / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Piano en orkest
Bezetting:
lutheal-solo picc 2fl(fl-a/picc) ob eh cl(cl-b) cl-b 2fg(cfg) 4h tpt-picc 2tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 3perc hp cel str
Suite : voor jeugdorkest, Utrecht, winter 1954 / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Schoolorkest; Orkest
Bezetting:
fl ob cl trp perc pf str(vl vc)
Cantate : for large orchestra, 1989/1993 / Hans Koolmees
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
5555 sax-s 4441 timp 5perc hp 2pf str
De kikvorst : symfonie orkest, 1978 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Orkest
Bezetting:
3222 2210 timp 3perc (pf ad lib.) str
compositie
Le café de nuit : for orchestra / Jan-Peter de Graaff
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