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Entre el olivo y el hombre : for mixed choir a cappella, 2001 / lyrics by Miguel Hernández, Jan Vriend

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: GK4

Music for the smiling tomorrow : for piano, flute and oboe or piano and 2 violins, 1955 / Ignace Lilien

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Woodwind ensemble and keyboard instrument; Violin and keyboard instrument
Scoring: fl ob pf / 2vl pf

Suburbanality : for saxophone quartet and piano, 1992 / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Woodwind ensemble and keyboard instrument
Scoring: 4sax pf

His flow of spirits is something wonderful : cheerful music for flute, bass clarinet and piano / Rob du Bois

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Woodwind ensemble and keyboard instrument
Scoring: fl cl-b pf

composition

Heterostase : for flute, bass clarinet and piano / Jan Vriend

Author(s):
Vriend, Jan (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Heterostase is about musical acrobatics. Inspired by Harry Sparnaays musicianship and instrumental skills and no less by his encouragement to pursue the creation of new music, I was able to design one of the most rewarding exercises in my compositional career. Heterostase is at the opposite of homeostasis. Instead of a desire for stability and balance, there is a desire for variability and change on every controllable level. Although written for a trio, the ensemble often operates as a quartet when the pianist plays two contrasting parts simultaneously. In the space of 11 minutes an elusive rhythm of 250 contrasting musical actions was created out of 10 possible 'states' which are either solo, in harmony or in various combinations of opposition. The performance sparkles with the brilliance of three genuine virtuoso enjoying a show of breathtaking acrobatics. - JAN VRIEND