related works
Sonata : for piccolo and piano / Jan Vriend
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
picc pf
Solo : for bass saxophone, 1988 / Klas Torstensson
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Saxophone
Scoring:
sax-b
La fuga del tempo : for tenor and instrumental ensemble / Elmer Schönberger
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
ten fl(pic fl-a fl-b oc ad lib.) cl(cl-b oc ad lib.) trp(oc ad lib.) h perc pf(synth) vl(man oc ad lib.) cb
Intrada reale e sinfonia festiva : (1964) / Bertus van Lier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4222 4233 2crt timp str
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