related works
Stalagmieten Samba : for marching band / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Fanfare
Scoring:
fl sax-a sax-b h tpt 2trb tb perc
Little Hands : for piano and small ensemble / S.R. Schwedersky
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
pf fl vln vc
Suite in d minor : melody instrument, figured bass, version I, II / Jan Maarten Komter
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Garden of Iniquitous Creatures : for ensemble / Ned McGowan
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl/picc cl/cl-b vn vc perc pf
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