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Le café de nuit : for orchestra / Jan-Peter de Graaff
	
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		Orchestra
	
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		Orchestra
	
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		picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 3perc hp pf cel str
	
Kurucz Változatok : voor orkest / Berend Giltay
	
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		Orchestra
	
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		Orchestra
	
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		3323 4331 timp perc cel xyl hp str
	
Mariachi : (de 'A Tí Te Toca'), for orchestra / Marijn Simons
	
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		Orchestra
	
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		Orchestra
	
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		2222 2220 timp 3perc pf str
	
Fünf : for orchestra / Giel Vleggaar
	
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		Orchestra
	
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		Orchestra
	
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		pic 2fl  2ob eh 3cl cl-b 3sax 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 4perc hp pf (cel) str
	
composition
				Le café de nuit : for orchestra / Jan-Peter de Graaff
			
					
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									Graaff, Jan-Peter de
									(Composer)
								
							
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						"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