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

Symfonie Nº VII : voor orkest / Herman Mulder

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 3343 4331 timp 2perc 2hp str

Eagles Commonly Fly Alone : Version for eagle recorder and string orchestra / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Recorder and string orchestra
Scoring: rec str

Spans : bass clarinet solo, 1981 / Klas Torstensson

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Clarinet
Scoring: cl-b

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