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
flashback : for any instrument / Dmitri Kourliandski
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
instr
Atalanta : flauto, violino, violoncello, arpa, 1986 / Nico Schuyt
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl(pic fl-a) hp vl vc
The Ram's Daughters : for viola and contrabass (or cello) / Yale Strom
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
vla cb/vc
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