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
Smokey Eyes : for double trio (contemporary and jazz) / Hanna Kulenty
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl sax-s 2pf 2perc
Andante : per flauto ed organo, 1946 / Henri Zagwijn
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl org
Once upon a time : for oboe d’amore, viola d’amore and viola da gamba / Walter Hekster
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
ob-am vl-am gamb
composition
Pascal : for septet / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Other authors:
Graaff, Jan-Peter de
(Composer)
Description:
Pascal is inspired by the movement of air (and thereby the creation of wind) from high to low pressure, according to the law of Buys-Ballot (Pascal is the metric unit for measuring Air Pressure). In the piece I tried to translate the speed and pressure of air to rhythm and harmony. In this way a high air pressure translates to harmonies where the pitches are close together: (clusters around the middle C on the piano). Low pressure translates to pitches that are far away from each other (extremely high and low sounds).
Jan-Peter de Graaff