related works
Bachanalia : for organ, 2007 / Jan Vriend
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Organ
Scoring:
org
Fuga cromatica : per organo / H.C. King
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Organ
Scoring:
org
Concertino : opus 142, for oboe-solo and youth orchestra, (1966) / Herman Mulder
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
School orchestra; Oboe and orchestra
Scoring:
2120 1210 timp perc str ob-solo
TREE / study - III : for flute and 6 channel electronics / Aliona Yurtsevich
Genre:
Multimedia
Subgenre:
Flute with multimedia
Scoring:
fl tape
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