gerelateerde werken
a young woman came up to me : for piano and orchestra / Piet-Jan van Rossum
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Piano en orkest
Bezetting:
pf-solo 3fl 3ob 2cl cl-b fg fg-b 4h 2trp trb-t trb-b tb 3perc 2hp pf str
Suite : for harp-solo / Herman Strategier
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Harp
Bezetting:
hp
Capriccio : for harp / Reza Nakisa
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Harp
Bezetting:
hp
The four seasons : for harp, 1964 / Ton de Leeuw
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Harp
Bezetting:
hp
compositie
apple on the sideboard (oil on canvas) : for harp / Piet-Jan van Rossum
Overige auteurs:
Rossum, Piet-Jan van
(Componist)
Toelichting:
When the corona-lockdown had just started and musicians were facing empty agendas and composers were facing cancelled performances, Heather Pinkham had the luminous idea to organize a concert in a big concert hall without audience, just the musician and the composer. Radio 4 was present with live transmission, interviews and the music, both radio and streaming.
12 composers wrote a piece for 12 soloists. I chose the harp.
To avoid being pessimistic (most people were in a gloomy mood) I chose a quiet and peaceful image, a painting by Alberto Giacometti, 'apple on the sideboard', oil on canvas, as a symbol for patience and rest. Relativizing the feelings of despair some people had, taking distance and looking at the blessings that were still there. So in a short time I wrote a 6th piece based on a work by Giacometti, a tender coda to the huge 5-part Giacometti cycle (or Annette-cycle) for ensemble (1998 - 2013).
I dedicated the work to my sister, who was already ill at the time, almost blind and fragile in general, she died one and a half year later, January 15th 2022.
Piet-Jan van Rossum