related works
Atomic UFO saves the day (again) : for fretless bass guitar and 10 instruments / Giel Vleggaar
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
2perc man g hp pf/cel vl vla vc cb g-b-solo
Drie etudes : voor piano, (1961) / Hans Kox
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Speaking voice and piano
Scoring:
recit pf
Avondgebed : voor koor en orgel / Henk Klop; text Martin Luther
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and organ
Scoring:
GK4 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