Schrootsonate (scrap metal sonata) was written on the occasion of the construction of a new foundation under the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam by the firm Structon, which organized a performance in the great hall with slides and sound. Also the image of the burnt out frame of a Steinway grand piano, hanging above the ruins of the K&W building in Utrecht recently destroyed by fire, and the bulldozers bringing down the Berlin Wall were an inspiration for this piece. In my imagination I saw and heard a musical saw, bringing an ode to the hammer and sickle, on the debris of the 'verschrottete Rakete'. Meanwhile the artist Jean Tinguely, to whom I dedicate this sonata, was very present in my mind. His mechanical sculptures formed an important model for my inspiration.

The ‘Schrootsonate’ was written for Annelie de Man, with financial support of the Fonds voor de Scheppende Toonkunst.

(from the score Schrootsonate, Donemus 1991)