related works
Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, volume 1
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Kantjil-Fantasie : for piano and orchestra / Theo Smit Sibinga
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
pf orchestra
Concerto lirico : per pianoforte e orchestra, 1999 / Ton de Kruyf
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
2220 sax 2220 3perc hp str pf-solo
Rapsodie : voor piano en orkest, 1930 / Emmy Frensel Wegener
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
3354 2sax 4441 timp perc cel 2hp 2g str pf-solo
composition
Piano Concerto No. 2 'Sky Falling' : for piano and orchestra / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Other authors:
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.