composer

Vlijmen, Jan van

Jan van Vlijmen writes chamber music, operas, songs and orchestral works. His compositions are strongly influenced by the serial music of Arnold Schoenberg. He is also attracted to the sumptuous ...

related works

Die Kunst der Fuge : = The art of fugue, for 14 instruments, 1999-2000, revision 2001 / (arrangement: Jan van Vlijmen), Johann Sebastian Bach

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Large ensemble (12 or more players)
Instruments: fl-a eh cl-b fg trp trb g hp man vl 2vla vc cb

Sinfonia concertante : for viola solo, double-bass solo, string quintet & large orchestra, opus 2, (1985/86) / David Porcelijn

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

Chromatische variaties : voor solo-quartet (fluit, hobo, viool, cello) met begeleiding van strijkorkest, 1970 / door Hendrik Andriessen

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Instruments: str fl-ob-vl-vc-solo

Fantasia concertante : voor fluit en fagot met begeleiding van orkest, (1957) / Henri C. van Praag

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Instruments: 1221 2000 timp str fl-fg-solo

composition

Quaterni II : (sonata a tre), per violino, corno e pianoforte soli ed orchestra, 1982 / Jan van Vlijmen

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