related works
ZandZeeBar : for baritone saxophone / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Scoring:
sax-bar
Drie stukken voor fluit en piano : (of harp), 1963 / Max Vredenburg
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute and keyboard instrument; Flute and harp
Scoring:
fl pf/hp
Lokfluit : fluit en piano, 1976 / Sas Bunge
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
fl pf
Rondo capriccioso : voor fluit en piano, 1947 / Hanna Beekhuis
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
fl pf
composition
Meccanica : for piccolo and piano / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Other authors:
Graaff, Jan-Peter de
(Composer)
Description:
Meccanica is inspired by both the kinetic sculptures of Jean Tinguely as the 'Strandbeesten' by Dutch artist Theo Jansen. The piccolo and the piano are intertwined in a musical game of transferring 'musical kinetic' energy, from 'linear' to 'circular' rhythmic and melodic movements. But, just as the sculptures by Theo Jansen, never in a direct straight line. The piece sometimes stops, turns and feels clunky. Both the piccolo and piano can sometimes sound as one instrument in unison or can sound like two or even more separate instruments using different colours and playing techniques in counterpoint. The poetry is found between the 'mechanics' of the piece, when linear and circular movements together suddenly sound strikingly emotional.