JEROEN VAN VEEN: Piano Music (5CD)

CD1
Minimal Preludes, Book III
1 No.25 (2008) in A minor 8’58
2 No.26 (2009) in B flat minor 12’26
Homage to Philip Glass and dedicated to Nicolas Horvath
3 No.27 (2011) in C minor** 2’15
4 No.28 (2010) in F minor 32’41
5 No.29 (2010) in D flat 8’41
6 No.31 (2011) in B flat minor 7’47
7 No.37 (2012) ‘Goodbye Nokia’ in A minor** (piano four hands) 4’54

Total time 77’45


CD2
Minimal Preludes, Book IV
1 No.32 (2011) in B minor 7’36
2 No.33 (2011) in A minor(piano four hands)** 12’14
3 No.34 (2011) in F minor 6’00
4 No.35 (2011 rev. 2014) in C minor** 7’57
Arranged for two pianos and organ bass line; original composition for organ solo; dedicated to Aart Bergwerff
5 No.36 (2012) in A minor (piano four hands)** 8’45
6 No.38 (2013) in C sharp minor 14’22

7 Ballade for Frank (2012) (piano and carillon)*** 8’16
Commissioned by and written for Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and their Sarkis exhibition in Submarine Warf (2012); dedicated to Frank Steijns

8 Slash (2012)** (prepared pianos) 9’36
Commissioned by The Holland DanceFestival; dedicated to Itzik Galili

Total time 74’50


CD3
1 Incanto No.3 (2010) (two pianos)** 16’50
2 Minimal Blurrr (2014) (piano & tape)* 7’22

Incanto No.4 (2011)
3 Part I (two pianos)** 27’29
4 Part II (two pianos)** 12’56
5 Part III (two pianos)** 13’46

Total time 78’25


CD4
The Four Elements (2014)
1 Air (piano & tape)* 7’03
2 Water (piano & tape)* 5’17
3 Earth (piano & tape)* 10’17
4 Fire (piano & tape) * 7’05
5 Repeating History (2010 rev. 2014) (for piano duo)** 21’04
6 Molly (2013) (two pianos eight hands or four pianos)** 27’30
Dedicated to Sandra Mol

CD5
NLXL (2011) (two pianos, digital pianos, organ, synthesizers, toy pianos and tape)
Written for the movie NLXL; dedicated to Karel Tomeï
1 Soundscape. North Sea 1’38
2 NLXL I. Opening 6’45
3 Soundscape. The dunes 1’10
4 NLXL II. Going down 2’30
5 Soundscape. Oud-Maarsseveen 1’10
6 Structures 4’12
7 Soundscape. A10 near Amsterdam 3’22
8 Density 3’36
9 Space 3’12
10 Soundscape. Passing Trains 1’05
11 On the Train 2’44
12 Rollercoaster 0’44
13 On our way to? 1’29
14 In Holland 1’42
15 Soundscape. Amsterdam 1’36
16 Industrial threat 5’31
17 Soundscape. Industry 1’38
18 Incanto 03, 7 notes on 7 instruments 8’59
19 Soundscape. Extrema 0’18
20 On the beat 3’27
21 NLXL 0’16
22 Who will win? 5’08
23 Soundscape. Zaanse Schans 1’14
24 Sliced country 5’43
25 Heartbeat 0’07
26 Music box playing NLXL waltz 0’31
27 NLXL III 8’48

Total time 78’46

Jeroen van Veen piano
*piano & tape
** with Sandra van Veen piano four hands or two pianos
***with Frank Steijns carillon

Instruments used in NLXL: Four Pianos Steinway Concert Grand, 274, Two Yamaha P 120: Organ,
Electric Piano and Harpsichord, Roland FP7: Vintage Piano, Two Toy Pianos, Logic EX24
synthesizer: FM Sequence, Stage Piano MII, Harmonium, Dyn DX Bass, LA Organ, Orchestra
Xylophone, Marimba, Sub Boomz, EVP 88 Electric Piano, Euro Dance Mix