related works

Sonata : for piccolo and piano / Jan Vriend

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring: picc pf

Absence : for counter tenor solo and male choir, 1993 / André Douw

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Male choir
Scoring: ten-c MK3

Visions of Perfection : Version for bassoon and piano / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Bassoon and keyboard instrument
Scoring: bsn pf

Sinfonia concertante (no. 2) : for violin, violoncello and orchestra, 1996 / Carlos Micháns

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Scoring: 2222 2000 hp str vl-vc-solo

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