related works
Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, volume 1
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
unequal parts : for piano and ensemble, 2006 / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
fl(pic fl-b) ob(eh) 2cl cl-b h 3trp 2trb trb-cb perc man 2hp acc str pf-solo
Concerto : per pianoforte e orchestra, opus 37 / Jan Masseus
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4221 timp 2perc str pf-solo
Concerto : pour 2 pianos et orchestre, op. 33, (1961-1962), orchestre version 1975 / Luctor Ponse
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
1121 2sax 1110 4perc hp str 2pf-solo
composition
Piano Concerto No. 2 'Sky Falling' : for piano and orchestra / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Author(s):
Veldhuis, Jacob ter
(Composer)
Description:
Nowadays the most obvious certainties of yesteryear are at stake. During the worldwide financial collapse of 2008, I heard a reporter on Wall Street say that ‘the sky isn’t falling’. The image of a falling sky was an inspiring metaphor during the composition process.
Listening to a symphony orchestra is often a nostalgic experience for me, because most of the repertoire dates from long ago and the orchestra itself hasn’t changed much in 200 years. So I try not to force the orchestra into something it is not. In my opinion, a symphony orchestra is a beautiful coach, not a car.
My second piano concerto may sound neo-classical, but it was also influenced by the blues, like the Hoochie Coochie Man groove in the first tutti. And then there are the perpetuum structures of bouncing second intervals. The recording of the premiere was released on JacobTV – The Complete Piano Solo Music, Brilliant Classics.