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

Serenade : voor twee violen, (1968) / Hans Kox

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Violin
Scoring: 2vl

Study for two violins : (rhythmic patterns), 1960 / Rudolf Escher

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Violin
Scoring: 2vl

Faux bourdon : for violin solo / Daan Manneke ; arr. for violin (2010) by Marijn Simons

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