related works
Serenata I : per 12 strumenti e percussione / Jan van Vlijmen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Wind ensemble (13 or more players)
Scoring:
2222 2200 perc xyl mar
Impossible future : for soli and small orchestra, (1972) / Koos Terpstra
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Scoring:
2220 1110 pf/el.org str ensemble-solo
Divertimento : per flauto, oboe ed orchestra / Lucas van Regteren Altena
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Scoring:
1122 2210 timp perc hp str fl-ob-solo
Concerto Rotterdam : voor jazz-combo en symfonie-orkest / Jurriaan Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Two or more different solo instruments and orchestra
Scoring:
3222 4331 timp 3perc hp str combo: sax-a sax-t trp trb cb perc
composition
Quaterni II : (sonata a tre), per violino, corno e pianoforte soli ed orchestra / Jan van Vlijmen
Author(s):
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