Kees Vlak

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Cornelis (Kees) Vlak (born September 30, 1938 in Amsterdam , † December 5, 2014 in Schoorl ) was a Dutch composer and musician . He used the pseudonyms "Robert Allmend", "Llano", "Luigi di Ghisallo", "Alfred Bösendorfer" and "Dick Ravenal" for works in certain genres .

As a child he played ( trumpet ) together with his father ( clarinet ) in a fanfare orchestra (special form of the wind orchestra ). He studied at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and completed his studies in piano (1959), as well as trumpet and orchestral playing (1961) with a diploma . He studied wind orchestra directing at the Musiklyzeum in Amsterdam with Kors Monster and music theory at Berkley High School in San Francisco .

During his studies he played in various groups and orchestras ( revue , musical , operetta and symphony orchestra ). Due to a chronic condition, he had to stop playing his own trumpet at the age of 25. He used the free time to compose, which gave him national and international recognition and distinction.

Works

Works for wind orchestra

  • 1966 Paso Cabaio
    1. Paso-doble
    2. Calypso - bolero
    3. Bayon
  • 1968 Western Rhapsody
  • 1969 De Bovenwindse Eilanden
    1. St. Eustachius
    2. Saba
    3. St. Maarten
  • 1970 Antiliaanse Suite
    1. Aruba
    2. Bonaire
    3. Curacao
  • 1971 Persons in Brittain
    1. Theme Introduction
    2. Variation I "The Guards"
    3. Variation II "Irish Lady"
    4. Variation III "Teddyboys"
    5. Variation IV "The Bagpipers"
    6. Coda
  • 1971 Rivierencyclus (together with Arie Maasland , who published such works under the pseudonym Malando )
    1. Rio Negro
    2. Orinoco
    3. Chubut
  • 1972 Music for a Movie Picture
  • 1972–1973 Happy sound selections no. 1,2 and 3.
  • 1972 Yong ones partita
  • 1973 Danzas Folkloristicas
  • 1973 Uncle Jack's special
  • 1974 El Paso moro Gitano
    1. Pasa-calle
    2. Dos canciones
    3. Paso-doble
  • 1975 Two Russian Folk Songs
  • 1975 Fryske Fantasy
  • 1975 The prizze
  • 1977 The electric seven
  • 1977 Western pictures
  • 1977 A Strange Party
  • 1978 Berber Suite
    1. Appeal to all Berbers
    2. Song of the River
    3. Song of the magic-flute
    4. Dancing-tune
  • 1979 Five for the blues
  • 1979 Limburg fantasy
  • 1979 Profiles Symphonique
  • 1979 El Paso Montanesa
    1. Paso-doble
    2. Montanesa
    3. Zortzico
    4. fandango
  • 1980 Brabant fantasy
  • 1980 Introduction the Band
  • 1981 Fantasy on French Christmas Songs
  • 1981 Impressions Rhapsodiques - De Markerwaard for fanfare orchestra
  • 1981-1984 The Four Seasons
    • Jump
      • Overture
      • Morning hymn
      • Butterflies
      • A new family
      • Birds
    • Buzzer
      • Intrada
      • The warm breeze
      • Rain and Thunder
      • The Rainbow
      • Ritual dance
    • Autumn
      • Pastoral
      • Autumn leaves
      • Rural dance
      • Fare-well song
    • winter
      • King winter
      • Freezing-cold
      • Skating
      • Christmas
      • The last sleighride
  • 1981 Military Suite
  • 1982 Concerto for Bass-Clarinet
    1. Allegro
    2. Andantino
    3. Allegro assai e Scherzando
  • 1982 Coexistence
  • 1984 Polderstad for choir and wind orchestra
  • 1984 A new dress for the emperor based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen for narrator and wind orchestra
  • 1986 Cordilleras de los Andes (together with the aforementioned Arie Maasland )
    1. Cotopaxi
    2. Illimani
    3. Coropuna
  • 1986 Amsterdam Pictures
  • 1986 The Highlands
  • 1986 Tapas de Cocina
  • 1987 Simple Symphony
  • 1987 Sculptures of an exhibition
  • 1988 Liberation
  • 1988 Caribbean Concerto
  • 2004 Alcazar (Spanish Overture for Band)
  • The New Village Fantasy for Band
  • Celebration overture
  • African wildlife
  • Rainbow Warrior
  • Return to Ithaca (Greek tone poem on the Odyssey of Homer)
  • West Coast Concerto for piano and wind orchestra
  • Mount Everest
  • Villa Wertha
  • Battlestar
  • Tumaco
  • Two movements
    1. Song of happiness
    2. Temptation
  • Springtime in Berlin
  • Fanfare 2000
  • Concert fanfare
  • Three fanfares: Euro, Alpine, Royal
  • Concerto Italiano for bassoon and wind orchestra
  • Concerto for Clarinet
    1. Allegro con spirito
    2. Romanza
    3. rondo
  • Euro swing
  • The Castle of Bray
  • The Titanic Story
  • Kilkenny Rhapsody on Irish Airs
  • The land of the pharaohs
  • Cinderella (The Cinderella)
  • Spider rag
  • LA-California
  • La Citadella
  • Las Playas de Rio
    1. Trocadero Playa
    2. Ipanema Playa
    3. Copacabana Playa
  • Kumbayah Variations
  • New York Overture (Fantasy)
    1. First view over Manhattan
    2. Battery Park: Early in the morning
    3. 5th avenue
    4. St. Patrick's Cathedral
    5. Sunday afternoon in Central Park
    6. The Parkguard: a little horse ride
    7. Return to Down Town
    8. On Broadway
    9. Roseland Dance-City: Puerto Rican Dance
    10. New York Bay and The Statue of Liberty
  • Little Hungarian Rhapsody
  • A Sailors Adventure
  • Woodpeckers Parade
  • Shufflin 'Canon
  • Rhapsody Provencale
  • Five Continents
  • Silver Creek Valley
  • Winterland - Overture
  • Square dance
  • Lord of the Seven Seas
  • Os Pàssaros do Brasil
    1. Pássaros Coloridos
    2. Pomba triste
    3. Os Pássaros no Carneval
  • Caffee Variations
    • Intro
    • theme
    • Irish Coffee
    • Rüdesheim bean coffee
    • cappuccino
    • Pushkin Cafe
    • Swiss alpine mocha
    • Viennese Mélange
    • French coffee
    • Pause Canon
  • 2006 Mazury Rhapsody (A Journey to Poland)
  • 2007
    • Stockholm Water Festival
    • Tokyo Adventure

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personal data
SURNAME Vlak, Kees
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Allmend, Robert (pseudonym); Llano (pseudonym); Ghisallo, Luigi di (pseudonym); Bösendorfer, Alfred (pseudonym); Ravenal, Dick (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Dutch composer and musician
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Amsterdam , Netherlands
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 2014
Place of death Schoorl