related works
Appalachia : for acoustic steelstring guitar and ensemble, 2004 / Giel Vleggaar
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl-a ob cl perc hp man vl vla vc cb g-solo
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
alt/sopr-m pf
Concerto No. 1 : for piano and orchestra, 1924 / Jacob van Domselaer
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
2223 4231 timp perc str pf-solo
Der Kaiser : for voice and piano / Henriëtte Bosmans; words by Thu-Fa (Tu Fu)
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
zang pf
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