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.