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
Come Here Often? : for 2 percussionists and soundtrack / Giel Vleggaar
Genre:
Electronical music
Subgenre:
Electronics with different instruments
Scoring:
2perc elec
Weer Om Stuit : for violin and electric guitar / Guus Janssen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
vl el-g
My circuits are overloaded : for flute, melodica, violin, violoncello and piano / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
flute, melodica, violin, cello, pf
La Fenice : for violin, violoncello and piano / Robert Groslot
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
pf vl vlc
composition
Appalachia : for acoustic steelstring guitar and ensemble, 2004 / Giel Vleggaar
Description:
Program note (English): Folk music in overdrive - that is how the happy marriage of Scottish/Irish folk music with ragtime and blues known as bluegrass has been described. And it is in a remote corner of the world (Appalachia - named after the mountain range in the south-western United States), that this folk music tradition sprung up which has inspired country, folk, gospel and blues musicians. It also tickled Giel Vleggaar's fancy when thinking about a new piece for the Nieuw Ensemble, a group whose focus on string instruments would lend itself very well to sounds as yet little known in the Netherlands. Vleggaar was very curious what might happen when the incredible virtuosity of bluegrass performance were mixed with bebop and contemporary classical music playing techniques. The star of the piece is the steelstring guitar, helped out now and again by a side-kick mandolin, both most definitely in overdrive, on a rollicking ride through an extrodinary urban landscape. - GIEL VLEGGAAR