related works
Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, volume 1
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Concerto Hypnagogique : for piano and orchestra / Joey Roukens
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4hn 2tpt 3tbn tb timp 2 perc cel hrp pf str
Concerto Antico : for piano and orchestra / Christian Blaha
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
pf-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2tpt 3trb timp perc hp str
Concert voor twee piano's en orkest : 2003 / Robert Heppener
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
pic 3fl 3ob 3cl cl-b 2fg fg(cfg) 4h 3trp 3trb tb perc 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.