composer
“The title of Flothuis' 'Zoeken naar zuiverheid en schoonheid' [Search for purity and beauty], his 'in memoriam' for his friend Witold Lutoslawski, could actually also stand as the motto of ...
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24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
In the Kitschen : concerto for piano and symphony orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
2 fl 2 ob 2 cl in Bb, 2 bsn, 4 fr. horns, 2 trp in C 2 trombones, 1 tuba, 2 slagwerkers, piano, vl1, vl2 vla, vlc, cb
Rhapsodie : voor piano en orkest / Hans Lachman
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
2fl 2cl 2bn 3h 2tr 3trb 4perc vl cb
unequal parts : for piano and ensemble, 2006 / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and orchestra
Scoring:
fl(pic fl-b) ob(eh) 2cl cl-b h 3trp 2trb trb-cb perc man 2hp acc str pf-solo
composition
Concert : voor piano en klein orkest, op. 30, 1946-48 / Marius Flothuis
Contains:
Allegretto piacevole
Larghetto
Molto vivace
Description:
Program note (English): The 'Concerto' was completed in 1948. It was written for a young Dutch pianist, whose very small hands did not allow her to play the romantic repertoire and the greater part of the contemporary works. It occurred to me that it should be possible to write a concerto in a contemporary idiom, the technical demands of which would not exceed those of a Mozart Concerto. In connection with this I chose a very small orchestra, containing only 1 flute, 1 oboe (cor anglais in the second movement), 1 clarinet, 1 bassoon, 2 horns, timpani and strings.
The structure of the work is very simple and almost classic. The first movement has three themes, succeeding each other in the following order: a-b-c-b-a. The second movement is in ternary form, the last is a rondo. Themes of the first and the third movement are combined in the finale.
The 'Concerto' is dedicated to Miss Maria Stroo, who played it several times, e.g. at the ISCM-festival in Brussels in 1950. - MARIUS FLOTHUIS