related works
Dead as Disco : for orchestra / Giel Vleggaar
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob cl cl-b fg cfg 4h 2trp 2trb trb-b tb 3perc pf hp 2vl vla vc cb
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
SSATB
Selected songs 2 : for medium voice and piano / Anna Cramer
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
medium pf
Verhuisbericht : (suite), for ensemble, 1983/2000 / Elmer Schönberger
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
cl cl-b(cl) hp pf(perc) 2vl vla vc(perc)
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