related works
Walters Liederbuch : for mezzo-soprano and piano / Marijn Simons; lyrics by Walter Haas
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
sopr-m pf
Rapsodía : for violin solo, 1983 / Carlos Micháns
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Elef lajla we-lajla : suite for violin (& voice) / René Samson
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl(voice, chimes)
Synthops : voor viool solo, 1990 / Jean Sevriens
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
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composition
Song of Backyards : for violin / Marijn Simons
Other authors:
Simons, Marijn
(Composer)
Description:
Originally, Song of Backyards was a violin improvisation I did to a choreography by Joost Vrouenraets in his production with Gotra Ballet. The performance took place on 18th September 2009 at the “Musica Sacra Festival” in Maastricht (The Netherlands). I made an archival recording of this event, and a month later, I wrote down the music from the recording. With a few small alterations, it became this concert piece for violin solo. This version was performed during Prof. Saschko Gawriloff’s masterclass at the 2015 Carl Flesch Academy in Baden-Baden (Germany). In October 2019, I made a few more revisions. I did the world première of this revised version on 13th October 2019 at the Aachen Theatre (Germany).
Marijn Simons, October 2019