related works

Sonata : for piccolo and piano / Jan Vriend

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

Patchwork : for piccolo and marimba / Jeroen D'hoe

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

Sonata : for cello and piano / Walter (Carl) Wolff

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Cello
Scoring: vc

OhEngelOh : for string quartet / Max Knigge

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring: 2vl vla vc

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