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
Variaties : voor basklarinet en vibrafoon/marimba, 1988 / Wim de Ruiter
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
cl-b vibr(mar)
Tears in the Rain : for alto flute, viola and harp / Xing Yu
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl-a vla hp
Autumn Breaths: Two Haiku : Version for cello and marimba / Wilma Pistorius
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
vc mar
composition
Appalachia : for acoustic steelstring guitar and ensemble, 2004 / Giel Vleggaar
Other authors:
Vleggaar, Giel
(Composer)
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