related works

Athena Keramitis : for contrabass flute and bass clarinet, 1985 / Jan Vriend

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Woodwind ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring: fl-cb cl-b

Ringraziamento : for alto saxophone solo, 1995 / Jan Felderhof

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Saxophone
Scoring: sax-a

Les femmes des ombres : for cello / Xavier Gelabert

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Cello
Scoring: vc

If the beat was a pricess, I'd marry it : for piano solo / Christina Viola Oorebeek

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: pf

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