related works
Le café de nuit : for orchestra / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 3perc hp pf cel str
Suite bucolique : for flute (oboe) and piano, (1939) / Hugo Godron
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute and keyboard instrument; Oboe and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
fl/ob pf
Gentle visions : flute and piano, 1978 / Carel Brons
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
fl pf
Parrots in Tunesia : flute and piano, 1979, r[evised] 1986 / Chiel Meijering
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.