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Double Concerto : for piccolo, piano and orchestra / Jan Vriend
Genre:
Unknown
Scoring:
picc-solo pf-solo 3fl(picc) 2ob eh 2cl cl-b cl-cb 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b tb3perc synth str
Deux chansons : pour contralte et piano, 1939-1945 / Willem van der Bilt
Genre:
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Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
alt pf
Common Ground : for reed quintet and 50 - 100 participants / Merlijn Twaalfhoven
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind quintet
Scoring:
ob cl sax-a cl-b fg
Brutto Gusto : C version : Bb version : Eb version / Eric Vloeimans
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Variable instrumentation
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