gerelateerde werken
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Piano
Bezetting:
pf(recit) (slide-projection ad lib.)
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
2mar vib cel 2el-pf 4vln 2vla 3vcl cb
Pantomima : for orchestra, 2002 / Diderik Wagenaar
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
3030 2sax 1330 vib cel g g-b 2pf vl vc cb
Kiss of Fire : Version for Spark / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
2rec vn-solo vc-solo pf perc str
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