related works
Lisney Trio : for violin, cello and piano / Jan Vriend
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Other combinations of strings and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
pf vl vc
Macho : a chamber opera / Robert Groslot
Genre:
Unknown
Scoring:
Soprano, Tenore, Baritone, fl, cl, tp, tb, perc(1) synth, vi, db
Sonate : voor cello en piano / Henriëtte Bosmans
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
vc pf
Requiem : for flute solo, soprano, man's choir and orchestra / Benjamin Ashkenazy
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Male choir and orchestra
Scoring:
fl-solo sopr-solo MK 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2tpt 2trb pf perc 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