related works

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

six pièces mécaniques : for six players / Ned McGowan

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)

Passage : for big band / Guus Janssen

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Big band
Scoring: 2cl sax-a 2sax-t sax-bar fg 5tpt 4trb trb-b tb 2perc vibr g-e pf db

Berkshire - symphonies : (symphony 1), for orchestra / by Jurriaan Andriessen

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 2fl fl(pic) 2ob 2cl cl-b 2fg 4h 3trp 3trb 1tb timp 3perc str

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