related works
ZandZeeBar : for baritone saxophone / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Scoring:
sax-bar
Cantate : for large orchestra, 1989/1993 / Hans Koolmees
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
5555 sax-s 4441 timp 5perc hp 2pf str
Pandemonium : Symphonic Fantasy for large orchestra / Nestor Taylor
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob eh 3cl cl-b fg cfg 4h 3tpt 2trb-t trb-b tb-cb timp 3perc hp pf org str
Variaties : zonder thema / Hans P. Keuning
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra; School orchestra
Scoring:
222(2) (2)200 timp perc pf str
composition
Le café de nuit : for orchestra / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Other authors:
Graaff, Jan-Peter de
(Composer)
Description:
"Le café de nuit" is a 13-minute fantasia/nocturne for orchestra, based on the painting (with the same name) by Vincent van Gogh, and the letters he wrote to this brother Theo during his stay in Arles, where he rented a studio above the café. In the letters, he describes this place as "a place where you can ruin yourself, go mad, commit crimes". This subject really interested me as a composer as there is really a conflict within the concept of a café. Usually, one goes to a café to escape the ongoing world and everyday problems, to dance, to celebrate life and to drink and go drunk to immerse oneself in a different reality. However, there is a danger, as van Gogh states, as the café also influences the world outside. It is a place where the darkest side of human behaviour emerges. In the piece I tried to find this strange balance between joy and danger, between alertness (or even panic) and being drunk, between passion and truth.
Jan-Peter de Graaff