gerelateerde werken

Journey out of Essex : for speaking voice, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello and piano, 2002 / words: John Clare, Jacques Bank

Genre: Vocaal
Subgenre: Spreekstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting: recit fl cl vl vla vc pf

Diaphora : per 15 archi, cembalo, marimbaphone e batteria / Will Eisma

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting: 0000 0000 4perc mar cemb 8vl 4vla 2vc cb

Mensonge romantique et vérité romanesque : for oboe, bassoon, accordion and string orchestra / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting: ob bsn acc 4vl 2vla 2vcl db

Transitions : for 13 instrumentalists, 1980, (rev. 1981) / Ernst Oosterveld

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting: 1111 1010 perc pf 2vl vla vc cb

compositie

Die Pfeiferstube : for ensemble and percussion / Jacques Bank

Auteur(s):
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