related works
Concerto Nº 7 : for luthéal and orchestra / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
lutheal-solo picc 2fl(fl-a/picc) ob eh cl(cl-b) cl-b 2fg(cfg) 4h tpt-picc 2tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 3perc hp cel str
Ahnung des Endes : voor koor en orkest, 1985 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra; Viola and orchestra; Mixed choir and orchestra
Scoring:
I-IV-VI: 3333 8431 4perc 2hp pf(cel) str II: 3333 8431 4perc 2hp pf(cel) str vla-solo III-V: GK4 3333 8431 4perc 2hp pf(cel) str
Softly Bouncing : for orchestra / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2tpt 2trb tb timp 2perc str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2230 1200 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