related works
Jets d'orgue : for organ, 1985, Part I / Jan Vriend
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Organ
Scoring:
org
Introduzione ed allegro capriccioso : per viola e pianoforte / Andries de Braal
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Viola and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vla pf
Sonatine 1960 : voor piano / Rob du Bois
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Night phase : for alto flute, English horn and cello, 1982 / Walter Hekster
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl-a eh vc
composition
Double Concerto : for piccolo, piano and orchestra / Jan Vriend
Author(s):
Vriend, Jan
(Composer)
Description:
The idea for the concerto came about after a successful first performance of the Sonata for piccolo and piano that took place in The Goods Shed in my hometown of Tetbury in November 2018. What started off as a mere pipedream, well aware that few orchestras, if any, were desperately waiting for an opportunity to premiere such a novel concept, became a genuine ambition for me.
I set to work regardless of practicalities as soon as I didn’t have any other commitments and produced four movements within a year. When I began writing the music another triumphant performance of the sonata had meanwhile taken place in Amsterdam, followed later in the year by a CD recording, launched at the end of 2019. As the sonata’s fourth movement became a particular favourite of the musicians I pondered if a version with a light orchestral accompaniment couldn’t feature as the slow second movement. However, after finishing all four movements I started having second thoughts about it and decided to compose a new one in its place.
Jan Vriend