gerelateerde werken
Moya's Song : for mixed choir and organ / Jacques Bank; words by Moya Howlett
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en orgel
Bezetting:
GK4 org
Take care : for ensemble, 1998 / Willem van Manen
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1000 3sax 1330 pf(perc) cb
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
vn-solo vc-solo pf-solo fl ob cl fg harm timp 2vn vla vc db
Intrada classica : per orchestra di strumenti a fiato, timpani e arpa, (1971) / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
2222 2240 timp (perc ad lib.) hp
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