related works

Joy : for cello and piano / Jan Vriend

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Cello and keyboard instrument
Scoring: vc pf

Dances and dialogues : for double bass and piano / Roel van Oosten

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Double bass and keyboard instrument
Scoring: cb pf

King Lear : for string quartet, percussion and string orchestra / Alexey Sioumak

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: String orchestra
Scoring: perc str

Het oerwoud : for two saxophone players and ten percussionists, 1991, (rev. 1993) / André Douw

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: 2sax 10perc

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