JUKE-BOX, Op. 35
Capriccio for piano, two violins, viola, cello and double bass, 1997, duration: 22 min.
  • I Openingstune (Opening Tune)
  • II Easy going
  • III Spiegelzaal (Hall of Mirrors)
  • IV Quickstep voor Elise
  • V Huppelende Alpen (Frolicking Alps)
  • VI Finale
  • Encore ad lib.: Foxtrot over een Nederlands Volksliedje (Foxtrot on a Dutch Folk Tune)

    Commissioned by the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst

    Dedicated to the Jan Hijne Groep

  • III Spiegelzaal: also a version for violin, cello, accordeon and piano

    The 'Foxtrot over een Nederlands Volksliedje' exists in various other versions.



    Whether salon music or a parody on salon music, 'Juke-Box' is a light and humorous series of short pieces. In the Finale the main themes of all previous movements reoccur in a funny sort of counterpoint.

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