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
Durga's Dance : for saxophone, bass clarinet and accordion / Carlos Micháns
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
sax cl-b acc
Harpocrates : for ensemble / Shin Mizutani
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl/picc cl/cl-b vn vc
aarde : for panpipes and organ / Piet-Jan van Rossum
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
panpipe org
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