composer
From the start, Jan Vriend has been a musical omnivore who combines a strongly modernistic approach with openness to the interests of and needs for a good musical education. ...
related works
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Other combinations of strings and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
pf vl vla vc cb
Helios : for 4 percussionists and large orchestra / Valery Voronov
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Percussion and orchestra
Scoring:
4perc-solo 3fl(picc) 3ob 3cl 3fg 4h 3tpt 3trb tb str
3e concert : viool, orkest, 1977 / Oscar van Hemel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4220 timp 3perc str vl-solo
Vesper : voor beiaard (carillon) / Henri Zagwijn
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Carillon
Scoring:
car
composition
Double Concerto : for piccolo, piano and orchestra / Jan Vriend
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