gerelateerde werken
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Spreekstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
recit fl cl vl vla vc pf
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
rec acc fg str
Notturno II : per quatordici strumenti, 1982 / Jos van Amelsvoort
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
2232 4000 cb
Feest in de gele maisvelden : voor ensemble & tape, 2003 / Simon Burgers
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers); Elektronica met verschillende instrumenten
Bezetting:
fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4sax 2h 2trp 2trb trb-b tb 2perc el.g cb tape
compositie
Die Pfeiferstube : for ensemble and percussion / Jacques Bank
Overige auteurs:
Harries, Heinrich
(Tekstdichter/librettist)
Bank, Jacques
(Componist)
Toelichting:
This piece is based on Die Pfeiferstube by the German author Paul Alvedes (1897-1973). Three German soldiers of the First World War had been shot through the throat. Death by suffocation was threatening. To prevent this a silver tube was set into the neck as a windpipe. When breathing, speaking or laughing a soft piping note, 'like the speaking of mice', could be heard. Hence they were called the whistlers. An English prisoner of war, who was also severely wounded in the throat, joined them. To their surprise they found out that the English national anthem, 'God save the King', had the same melody as the national anthem of the German Emprire, 'Heil dir im Siegerkranz.' When they were singing together this melody without the words, an unexpected, wonderful sense of fraternity was felt. - JACQUES BANK