composer
Jan-Peter de Graaff (*1992), born in Papendrecht and raised on the isle of Terschelling, started composing at the age of 15. After two years of private lessons in composition with ...
related works
Concerto Nº 5: The Forest in April : for cello and orchestra / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Cello and orchestra
Scoring:
vc-solo 2fl(picc/fla) 2ob(eh) cl cl-b sax-s(sax-a) 2fg(cfg) 4h 2tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 2perc hp cel str
Variaties over een St. Nikolaasliedje : for small orchestra / Jan van Gilse
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2tpt 3trb timp str
2e symphonie : (1930) / Bertus van Lier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4344 4432 timp perc str
Anatoloose : for orchestra / Misja Mengelberg
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra; Voice and orchestra; Orchestra with electronics
Scoring:
2222 2220 timp str (tape and woman's voice ad lib.)
composition
Le café de nuit : for orchestra / Jan-Peter de Graaff
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