composer

Rossum, Piet-Jan van

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

Ballade : per arpa solo / Henri Zagwijn

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harp
Scoring: hp

Berceuse brève : opus 75 nr. 1, pour harpe, 1963 / Marius Flothuis

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harp
Scoring: hp

Fuga voor harpen : 1961, opus 62 / Géza Frid

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harp
Scoring: 3hp

 

composition

apple on the sideboard (oil on canvas) : for harp / Piet-Jan van Rossum

Publisher's number: 21770
Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Harp
Scoring: hp
Remarks: Written for the project Music for empty spaces, organized by Heather Pinkham and Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. Premiered by Doriene Marselje, may 28th 2020, Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ. Dedicated to my sister Ineke van Kleef – van Rossum (1946-2022).
Duration: 5'00"
Number of players: 1
Year of composition: 2020
Status: fully digitized (real-time delivery)

Description:
When the corona-lockdown had just started and musicians were facing empty agendas and composers were facing cancelled performances, Heather Pinkham had the luminous idea to organize a concert in a big concert hall without audience, just the musician and the composer. Radio 4 was present with live transmission, interviews and the music, both radio and streaming.
12 composers wrote a piece for 12 soloists. I chose the harp.
To avoid being pessimistic (most people were in a gloomy mood) I chose a quiet and peaceful image, a painting by Alberto Giacometti, 'apple on the sideboard', oil on canvas, as a symbol for patience and rest. Relativizing the feelings of despair some people had, taking distance and looking at the blessings that were still there. So in a short time I wrote a 6th piece based on a work by Giacometti, a tender coda to the huge 5-part Giacometti cycle (or Annette-cycle) for ensemble (1998 - 2013).
I dedicated the work to my sister, who was already ill at the time, almost blind and fragile in general, she died one and a half year later, January 15th 2022.
Piet-Jan van Rossum

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