composer
Giel Vleggaar (9 januari 1974, Amsterdam) begint met pianoles en schreef al snel zijn eigen melodieën. Geïnspireerd door de muziek van Prince stapt hij over op de elektrische gitaar. Vleggaar ...
related works
Atomic UFO saves the day (again) : for fretless bass guitar and 10 instruments / Giel Vleggaar, 2007
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Instruments:
2perc man g hp pf/cel vl vla vc cb g-b-solo
Joy of fishing : for guitar solo / Willem Breuker
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Guitar
Instruments:
gtr
Suite in A-major : for two guitars / Jan Maarten Komter
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Guitar
Instruments:
2g
Divertimento : voor gitaar / Kees Kef
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Guitar
Instruments:
g
composition
Aiming For Ecstasy : for electric guitar solo, (2005) / Giel Vleggaar
Description:
Program note (English): After having succesfully collaborated with Wiek Hijmans on Appalachia for the Nieuw Ensemble in 2004, Giel Vleggaar composed Aiming for Ecstasy as a challenge from Wiek to write a piece for electric guitar solo. Aiming for Ecstasy draws from a wide array of influences. Wether it is a chord progression from an unreleased Prince-song called 'Wonderful Ass', an early Renaissance fauxbourdon harmonisation technique, or a palindromic number series (543212345), this piece presents a distinct sound world that emphasises a recurrent theme in the composer's work: bringing together seemingly unrelated musical scenarios. Repetition also plays a central role in Aiming for Ecstasy: getting stuck in repeating patterns and trying to break free through development, but always being controlled by the invisible pull of the palindrome. Allowed to wander off every once in a while into a alien fauxbourdon landscape, the guitarist finally submits to the iron rule of the number with full abandon,
aiming to find a sense of bliss in a highly regulated environment. - GIEL VLEGGAAR