related works

In transit : for saxophone quartet and percussion duo, 2007 / Giel Vleggaar

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Percussion and instrument(s)
Scoring: 4sax 2perc

Transparence : voor 18-stemmig koor, 3 trompetten en 3 trombones, 1986 / Ton de Leeuw

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring: 3sopr 3sopr-m 3alt 3ten 3bar 3bas 3trp 3trb

Bird to Chan : for soprano and wind quintet, 2001 / words Charlie Parker (1920-1955), Jacques Bank

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr fl ob cl fg h

The Last Men Standing : for saxophone quintet and organ / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: sax-s-solo sax-s sax-a sax-t sax-b org

composition

Falling Down : for clarinet, violoncello and piano, 2003 / Giel Vleggaar

Author(s):
Vleggaar, Giel (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Like many of his pieces Falling Down represents a slice of personal experience. Certainly not an unfamiliar one either: stumbling, falling, getting back up, brushing the dust off and looking around again. Vleggaar also wants to show the baffling nature of such blunders and the simultaneous frustration and comfort of the cycle. He describes a runner who discovers after many obstacles that he's still at the beginning of the race, but this time has a greater overview of the situation. After many detours nothing is what it was, and the same starting line takes on a completely different appearance. Written for Laura Carmichael's Trio Chiffre, the strength and sensitivity of the clarinet/cello/piano combination lend itself to this internal contemplation. - Teresa Hron