related works

Concerto d'un bon esprit : pour piano et orchestre de chambre / Marijn Simons

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Piano and orchestra
Scoring: fl(pic) ob(eh) cl fg(cfg) h trb 2perc str(5.4.3.3.1.) pf-solo

Frivolités : drie stukken voor strijkinstrumenten, op. 81, 1981 / Marius Flothuis

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Violin; Viola; Cello
Scoring: vl/vla/vc

Sonate : for violin solo, 1990 / Janine Mehrtens

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Violin
Scoring: vl

Joy : (opus 61), for six (or more) violins, 1987 / Jo van de Booren

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Violin
Scoring: 6vl

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