related works

Summer rites at noon : for two orchestras facing each other, 1971, 1984-87 / orchestrated and edited by Jan van Vlijmen, Rudolf Escher

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 3455 2sax 4555 12perc 3pf 2hp str(16.16.12.10.16.)

Kaleidos : (Sinfonia concertante no 3), for clarinet, violin, piano & orchestra, 2000, rev. 2001 / Carlos Micháns

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Scoring: 3333 4330 timp 3perc hp str cl-vl-pf-solo

Six concertos, opus II / edited by Robert L. Tusler, Willem de Fesch

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: String orchestra; Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra; Violin and string orchestra
Scoring: str bc 2vl-vc-solo / str bc vl-solo / str bc 2vl-vla-vc-solo / str bc 2vl-2vla-solo

Sinfonia Concertante "The Seven" : for viola solo, double bass solo, string quintet and large orchestra / David Porcelijn

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Scoring: 3333 4231 timp 2perc hp str(19.17.15.13.9.) vla-cb-solo

composition

Quaterni II : (sonata a tre), per violino, corno e pianoforte soli ed orchestra / Jan van Vlijmen

Other authors:
Vlijmen, Jan van (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): 'Quaterni II' is the second part of a tripartite, evening-length composition begun in 1979 and completed in 1984. (The title would imply a work in four parts, which was originally intended; in the course of the years, however, an overall structure of three instead of four parts appeared to be preferable.) The title refers to a composition technique providing the basis for all three parts: the number 4 (Quaterni means 'four at a time') has a dominant function, for instance in the way in which serial technique is applied; the interval of the fourth, moreover, plays an important role in this second part. Although the scoring of 'Quaterni II' - three soloists with orchestral accompaniment - could indicate a kind of concertante music, this is absolutely not what the music is like: it is and remains a work for orchestra from beginning to end. The three solo instruments stand out in relief against the orchestra, so to speak, intensifying the orchestral décor.
'Quaterni II' consists of seven parts, each merging into the other without interruption. The number seven was determined by the number of possible combinations between solo instruments and orchestra.In the realization of the overall conceptual idea of Quaterni, a technique found for instance in J. Joyce's 'Ulysses' has been made use of in various respects. Some interrupted passages or not yet fully developed motives or phrases are to be continued or enclosed at a later stage of the work - 'Quaterni II' will hold consummation. - JAN VAN VLIJMEN