composer
Piet-Jan van Rossum (25/01/66) studied composition with Louis Andriessen, Jan Boerman and Dick Raaymakers as well as the organ with Rienk Jiskoot.
Van Rossum above all directs his attention to composing ...
related works
à Hanso-bo, un corbeau apparaît et regarde : for ensemble / Piet-Jan van Rossum
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Scoring:
fl fl-a ob 3cl fg cfg 2h tpt trb-b tb perc hp str
Memos for a New Millenium : for pianist on/and disklavier / Oscar van Dillen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Le Jour & La Nuit : for piano / Dominy Clements
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Nocturne : for piano / Paolo Fradiani
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
composition
amour : for piano / Piet-Jan van Rossum
Description:
Summer 2018: I was writing a piano transcription of my ensemble/orchestra-piece 'à Hanso-bo, un corbeau apparait et regarde' and this transcription got bigger and more and more different from the original and became a piece of its own; I realized I was working so eagerly because my love for harmony, color and
structure came forward in a very clear and honest way. It became more and more a little gemstone and I kept polishing it. It was like the reverse of Luciano Berio turning his Sequenzas into Chemins; where Berio took a flower and turned it into a garden, I took a garden and brought it back to soil and seeds.
And then when I came to the title I thought: it's about one of the few things that keeps me going in this world: honesty, truth, love and whatever the result is: I call it beauty. And then I thought, let's give it a French title, because my love for harmony, color and structure hugely originates in France. So 'amour' it was; a piece written over and over again with growing joy every time I refined (and reduced) it.
When Yumiko Segawa first played it I remember saying afterwards: that was almost Debussy, wasn't it? It has a tender and discreet feel that reminds me of 'canope' and 'brouillards'. Excuse me if it sounds pretentious. It is just the nice thing that 'amour' is telling an essential
thing in a non-pretentious way. Without raising a voice. Without fiddling Zeitgeist or bluff.
Piet-Jan van Rossum