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

12 liederen op tekst van H. Marsman : voor hoge stem en piano, op. 90 / door Herman Mulder

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Scoring: high pf

Cantus Fractalus : for saxophone quartet, 1998 / Srđan Dedić

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone
Scoring: 4sax

Las Ramblas : for clarinet, bassoon, accordion and string orchestra / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring: cl acc fg str

composition

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

Other authors:
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