related works
String Quartet Nº 2 / Rieteke Hölscher
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vn vla vc
12 Korte stukken : voor piano, 1955 / Simeon ten Holt
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Van en voor Oda'tje : voor piano, 1945 / Oscar van Hemel
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Met opa op de fiets : en 9 andere stukjes voor driehandig piano / Huub de Vriend
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
composition
Online Socializing? : for piano / Rieteke Hölscher
Other authors:
Hölscher, Rieteke
(Composer)
Description:
In the bizarre surreality of the quarantine measures in 2020 due to the infectious disease COVID19, our human life (temporarily?) seems like a bad dream. This inspired me to create a few solo pieces for piano. After all, the current measures make it impossible to play together without too many obstacles.
I have always been an opponent of – forced by circumstances – increasingly 'living' online. Now that is the case more than ever, it sometimes feels like a blessing. It is now our only chance for something similar to human contact. But I believe that human contact is indispensable for a happy and balanced mental life, which is why I (also in the titles) question these dreary form of life that is likely to become the new reality in our society in the near future (?).
Rieteke Hölscher, April 2020