For this album, I chose six compositions written for the ‘classical’ combination of piccolo and piano, highlighting the piccolo in a wide variety of different guises. It whispers, sings, cries and even screams at times. One moment it revels in virtuoso acrobatics, the next it moans in hushed undertones. The whole gamut of its expressive potential is explored.
 
Ilonka Kolthof, piccolo // Ralph van Raat, piano
 
Works by: Jan-Peter de Graaff, Ned McGowan, Piet-Jan van Rossum, Allan Segall, Bart Spaan, Jan Vriend
 
Label: TRPTK