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

Dialogue I : bass clarinet, soundtracks, 1976 / Ton Bruynèl

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet; Electronics with different instruments; Clarinet with multimedia
Scoring: cl-b tape

Tweede suite : voor orkest, opus 88, 1980 / Léon Orthel

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 2222 4230 timp 2perc str

Sketches : for 13 = thirteen instruments, opus 21, oktober 1968 / Willem Frederik Bon

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: 2220 1100 4vc cb / 0020 1100 4vl 2vla 2vc cb

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