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
Corona Concerto : for piano and orchestra / Jan Vriend
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Instruments:
3fl/picc 2ob eh 2cl cl-b cl-cb afg cfg 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b tb 8perc str
5 etudes-caprices : voor piano, opus 39, najaar 1957 / Léon Orthel
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Instruments:
pf
Big Booster : Version for recorder and string orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Recorder and string orchestra
Instruments:
rec-solo str
Elegia e capriccio : per arpa e orchestra / Henri Zagwijn
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Harp and orchestra
Instruments:
2332 2210 timp str hp-solo
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