related works
Two Shakespeare Sonnets : for mixed choir and ensemble / Marijn Simons
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
choir fl cl perc vl vc
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vn | 2vn | zang vn
If the camels don't get you, the fatimas must : for solo violin, 1986 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Sonate : for violin solo, 1990 / Janine Mehrtens
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