componist
Jacques Bank (1943) studeert compositie aan het Sweelinck Conservatorium in Amsterdam bij Ton de Leeuw en Jos Kunst. Hij sluit deze studie af met de Prijs voor Compositie.
gerelateerde werken
Minutes of lives : for soprano and 4 clarinetists, 1982 / words by John Aubrey, Jacques Bank
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
sopr 3cl cl-b
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1120 0110 perc pf vl vla vc cb comp electronics
Zum Wassermann : voor 14 uitvoerders / Karel Goeyvaerts
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
fl ob cl fg h tpt trb perc pf/cel 2vn vla vc db
Quipu : voor kamerorkest, "concertante balletmuziek", 1982 / Sytze Smit
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1110 1110 pf 2vl vla vc cb
compositie
Die Pfeiferstube : for ensemble and percussion / Jacques Bank, 2011
Overige auteurs:
Harries, Heinrich
(tekstdichter/librettist)
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