COMPOSER
Name Frans Vermeerssen
Country Netherlands
Date of birth (y-m-d) 1954-12-21
DETAILS
Title Relaxin’
Instrumentation Cello and Soundtrack
Ensemble Solo with Soundtrack
Detailed instrumentation Solo Violincello with Soundtrack
Players 1
Year 2021
Duration 10’13”
Genre Contemparary
Total pages 4
Level Advanced
FIRST PERFORMANCE
Date 2021-08-25
Venue Concertgemaal
City Amsterdam
Country The Netherlands
Performer(s) Wytske Holtrop (cello)
Commissioned by Provincie Friesland
EXTRA INFO
Relaxin' was composed as part of the suite Workin', Relaxin', Cookin', Steamin', inspired by the four albums Miles Davis recorded in the fifties. Four solo pieces for resp. alto saxophone, cello, tenor saxophone and piano, all to be played with the soundtracks that were made with samples of the solo instrument, the original recordings and sounds associated with the album titles.