related works
Faux Bourdon Varié : pour bariton et ensemble / Marijn Simons
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
ob cl fg tpt perc pf bar 2vl vla vc
Sonata for solo violin : opus 68, 1988 / Jo van den Booren
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Paganini-variaties : voor twee vioolgroepen (of twee violen), opus 77 / Géza Frid
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
2vl/2vl-groups
Sonate voor viool solo : kleine kamermuziek no.3, 1982 / Wim Stoppelenburg
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
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