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Double Concerto : for piccolo, piano and orchestra / Jan Vriend
Genre:
Unknown
Scoring:
picc-solo pf-solo 3fl(picc) 2ob eh 2cl cl-b cl-cb 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b tb3perc synth str
A Storm is Blowing from Utopia : for piccolo, vibraphone, piano and contrabass / Edward Top
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
pic perc pf cb
However : voor gemengd koor a cappella = for mixed a cappella choir, 1984 / Wim de Ruiter
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Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Scoring:
GK8
The Tiger and the big Wind : Children orchestra and chorus / Kerry Woodward
Genre:
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composition
Double Concerto : for piccolo, piano and orchestra / Jan Vriend
Other authors:
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