Flute and Piano
SKU:
IS.FP7396EM
Composed
by Nico Schoeters.
Woodwinds - Flute.
Metropolis Music
Publishers #FP7396EM.
Published by Metropolis
Music Publishers
(IS.FP7396EM).
ISBN
9790365073962.
Nico
Schoeters took his first
percussion lessons with
Eric Buyle in the Academy
for Music and Word in
Boom, near Antwerp, after
getting the hang of it
through private lessons
by Jozef Vervliet.
Afterwards he continued
his music studies at the
Royal Conservatory of
Antwerp, where he was
taught by Leo Ouderits,
Carlo Willems and Koen
Wilmaers. In 1998 he
graduated there with
great distinction as
Master in percussion.
After cooperating on
various projects in
Belgium and abroad as a
freelance percussionist,
Nico took up a position
as a percussionist in the
National Orchestra of
Belgium. However, despite
of all his achievements
as a percussionist, Nico
Schoeters didn’t take
his first musical steps
by playing percussion,
but by playing the piano.
His love for the piano
remained a common thread
in his musical career.
For example, he played
numerous gigs as a
pianist with his jazz
quartet ‘Just Friends,
consisting of a number of
top musicians who are his
friends. In addition he
started composing piano
works in 2012.
Cosmopolydian is my first
composition for symphonic
windband. It's a solo
piece for flute and
vibraphone which is
dedicated to Inge Smedts,
principal piccolo at the
Royal Wind Band of the
Belgian Guides. It is
written in the context of
a musical project
‘Cocktail Maison'. This
project includes a
concert on May 25th, 2017
in De Singel in Antwerp
where this work will be
premiered, a CD recording
and a concert tour. All
the pieces for this
project are new
compositions by Piet
Swerts, Jef Neve, Klaas
Coulembier, Etienne
Houben, Bart Watté, Jan
Huylebroeck, Francois
Glorieux and myself. All
the compositions are
inspired by a cocktail.
My choice is the
Cosmopolitan, but the
non-alcoholic version,
the mocktail actually.
The title Cosmopolydian
is a nod to the lydian
scale which I used as a
base for the majority of
the piece. The idea
behind the music is an
image of children
enjoying themselves,
worry-free, during the
holidays. Tired but
satisfied, they go to
sleep and have wonderful
dreams. The next day they
wake up to start a
beautiful new day. The
work is constructed in a
typical ABA form. A quick
first part: ‘sparkling
allegro', which of course
should sound very light
and playful. A slow
middle part warm adagio,
in which the beautiful
dreams become audible.
The last part is a
re-exposition of the
first part in which
eventually all the themes
merge into the final.
