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
La Gitane (murder by Alfred Hitchcock) : for string quartet / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Der Schnee : for voice and piano / Sem Dresden; words by A. Petöfi
Genre:
Unknown
Subgenre:
Chamber music
Scoring:
voice pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
6zang 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2tpt perc 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