The Race Day - an overture for orchestra (2002)
Commissioned by and written for the VU Kamerorkest on the occasion of its tenth anniversary in 2002.
Première: Groate Kerk, St.Jacobiparochie (Friesland, NL) on 3 November 2002. Conducted by Daan Admiraal.
Duration approx. 5'30".
When I first saw the wonderful painting by Jack Yeats, 'Galway races', I was immediately caught by it. Later, in 2002, when I was in Ireland spending my summer holidays, I was lucky to be able to go the Sligo horse races. I pictured some impressions of this event in this short and rather light-hearted composition.
Scoring:
- 2 Flutes (2nd also piccolo)
- 2 Oboes
- 2 Clarinets (2nd also bass-clarinet)
- 2 Bassoons
- 2 Horns in F
- 1 Trombone
Timpani
- Percussion (one player)
- piatti
- piatto sospeso
- snare drum
- tambourine
Harp
- Violins 1
- Violins 2
- Violas
- Violoncellos
- Double Basses
Blodeuwedd, a dance poem for narrator, singer/reciter, dancers and ensemble. The poem is by the Welsh writer and poet Tony Conran. 
Draaf, Foekje. Draaf!