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Highlights from the first, second and third movement of Concerto no.5 "The Forest in April", performed by Maya Fridman and the Noord Nederlands Orkest, conducted by Nicolò Foron.

Concerto no.5 "The Forest in April" (2021) - Highlights (Live recording)

From Parallax: a conspiracy song cycle. Lyrics by Eleanor Barlow. 
Performed by Katrien Baerts and Het Collectief

Parallax (2021) - V. Stunted Earth Proved

Event-Horizon (2021) is a choral symphony composed in 2020-2021 for the 75th anniversary of the Dutch Radio Philharmonic and Chorus, performing here under the baton of James Gaffigan. It premiered on September 17th, 2021 in TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht. The work consists in four movements, each describing a different aspect of the attraction of a black hole, both figuratively and literally. 

Recorded by AVROTROS Vrijdagconcert, mastering by Brendon Heinst.

Event-Horizon

Event-Horizon (2021)

Libretto by Eleanor Barlow

Soprano: Katrien Baerts
Ensemble: Het Collectief

Live recording made by NTR / NPO Radio 4

Parallax (2021) - VI. Covert Unification

Het Gouden Kalf / The Golden Calf

Oratorio for Narrator, SATB Chorus and Ensemble
Libretto by Jibbe Willems

Narrated by Dries Vanhegen

Performed by Studium Chorale, Philharmonie ZuidNederland, conducted by Hans Leenders

Recording By L1 / NPO Radio 4

Het Gouden Kalf (Live recording, 2022)

Composed in 2022 as part of the 'Toonzetters' project of Primo-Ish-Hurwitz, performed by Agostinho Sequiera, Shane van Neerden, Arjan Jongsma and Ramon van Engelenhoven

Hammer und Tanz (2022) - Live performance

"Proverbs" is the first movement of 'Enivrez-Vous', a suite composed for Calefax Reed Quintet, depicting intoxicated speech patterns, inspired by the poem "Enivrez-Vous!" by the French poet Charles Beaudelaire.

Enivrez-Vous! - Proverbs (2022) [live performance by Calefax Reed Quintet]

String Quartet performed by the Ruysdael quartet on May 11th, 2014. This recording was made during the world premiere of the piece at Dag in de Branding (New music festival in The Hague)

Recording made by Omroep Max

LEFT... (2014)

Composed for the annual Spring Festival, this piece is consisting of the unusual instrumentation of Two Harps, Two Guitars, Two Accordions, Two Piano's and two Percussion players.

Harp: Doriene Marselje, Roelina Schouten
Guitar: Joao Leitago, Antero Pelikka
Piano: Ji Hee Minh, Denise Lutgens
Accordion: Sofie de Klerk, Aldert Prast
Percussion: Ruben Castillo del Pozo, Marianna Soroka
Conductor: Gerard Bouwhuis

Recording and mixing by Hans Erblich, EMR-Audio.

copyrights: Jan-Peter de Graaff, 2013

Overal Is Regen Regen (2013)

Trio for Clarinet, Trombone and Double Bass, composed for Trio Van der Louw, Feves & Van der Louw. Performed during the chamber music festival of 2013 on the Royal Conservatoire, The Hague.

Recording made by Ernst Coutinho

Copyrights: Jan-Peter de Graaff, 2014

For3 (2013)

Sept Mouvements, a concerto for Violin, Viola and Orchestra, as premiered during my bachelor graduation concert on May 16, 2014. Soloist: Dick de Graaff, Conductor: Andrea Gasperin

Recording and mixing by Hans Erblich

Sept Mouvements, Mvt. VI

Sept Mouvements, Mvt. V

Sept Mouvements, Mvt. IV

Sept Mouvements, Mvt. I

6 Short orchestral soundbites, composed for TivoliVredenburg; Performed by The Netherlands Radio Philharmonic conducted by James Gaffigan

V. No Tango At All

II. Kwintslag

Concerto no.7, for Luthéal and Orchestra, performed by Hannes Minnaar and the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karina Canellakis, commissioned by the NTR Zaterdagmatinee. Recording by NTR. Recording published for promotional purposes only. All rights remain at their respective owners.

Concerto no.7 (2024) for Luthéal and Orchestra

Live recording, October 19th, 2024, performed by: Ardemus Quartet, Residentie Orkest, conducted by Marzena Diakun. Recording by NTR Radio.

Concerto no.6 "Metropolitain" (2023)

Commissioned by the YPF Competition, live performance by the winner, Paul Salard.

Lock, Stock, and Barrel (2025)

Performed by the Residentie Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas Collon at the NTR ZaterdagMatinee Concert series January 13th, 2018. (World Premiere Recording)

Dedicated to Rick van Veldhuizen

Commissioned by NTR ZaterdagMatinee with financial support from Dutch Performing Arts Fund. Score published by Donemus

Le café de nuit (2017)

As performed by Kluster5, september 2018.

Reeks en progressie (2016)

[Excerpt] Performed by Martin van Hees, published by Donemus. Album produced by TRPTK. Buy the full album here: https://trptk.com/shop/remgewogen/

That All Changes, for solo guitar (2014) - Excerpt

Norrbotten NEO, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann

Pascal (2020)

Les cymbales sonores (2020) was commissioned by the Dutch Radio Philharmonic and Chorus for their 75th anniversary. Recording date: 13 september 2020, Concertgebouw Amsterdam.

Les cymbales sonores (2020)

Composer in the field of modern classical music; specialized in Orchestral Music, Chamber Music, Opera and Typewriters Sheet music available at Donemus Publishing, Recordings at TRPTK
more info on:
www.janpeterdegraaff.com

Jan-Peter de Graaff

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