componist
Jan Vriend is van meet af aan een muzikale alles-eter die een uitgesproken modernistische benadering combineert met een open oor en oog voor het belang en de noden van een ...
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Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Andere combinaties van strijkers en toetsinstrument
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Deux flûtes : for 2 flutes, opus 178 bis, 2002 / Louis Toebosch
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Fluit
Bezetting:
fl fl-b
One Harpsichord / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Klavecimbel
Bezetting:
cemb
Kleine suite : voor twaalf harpen, 1951 / Lex van Delden en Marius Flothuis
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Harp
Bezetting:
12hp
compositie
Double Concerto : for piccolo, piano and orchestra / Jan Vriend
Toelichting:
The idea for the concerto came about after a successful first performance of the Sonata for piccolo and piano that took place in The Goods Shed in my hometown of Tetbury in November 2018. What started off as a mere pipedream, well aware that few orchestras, if any, were desperately waiting for an opportunity to premiere such a novel concept, became a genuine ambition for me.
I set to work regardless of practicalities as soon as I didn’t have any other commitments and produced four movements within a year. When I began writing the music another triumphant performance of the sonata had meanwhile taken place in Amsterdam, followed later in the year by a CD recording, launched at the end of 2019. As the sonata’s fourth movement became a particular favourite of the musicians I pondered if a version with a light orchestral accompaniment couldn’t feature as the slow second movement. However, after finishing all four movements I started having second thoughts about it and decided to compose a new one in its place.
Jan Vriend