related works
Sonata : for piccolo and piano / Jan Vriend
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute and keyboard instrument
Scoring:
picc pf
Lipstick : for flute/alto flute & multimedia / JacobTV - Jacob Ter Veldhuis
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Flute; Electronics with different instruments; Flute with multimedia
Scoring:
fl(fla-a) tape (concert video ad lib)
Symfonie no. 2 : 1932 / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp perc str
Sonatina II : per organo solo, (1970) / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Organ
Scoring:
org
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