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Put me on my bike Nº 1 : for solo-baritone, recorder (alto), mixed choir / Jacques Bank
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Gemengd koor en instrumenten
Bezetting:
bar 4sopr 4alt 4ten 4bas rec-a
Xing : for 2 conductors and ensemble / Adam Łukawski
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
fl/picc ob cl/cl-b fg 2h 2tpt trb tb 4perc hp acc 2vn vla vc db
Tut-Ankh-Amen's tomb : for large ensemble, 1993 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
3330 4sax 4661 3perc drums el.g g-b el.org synth
SpLit : for ensemble, 2000 / Toek Numan
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1020 3sax-a 1330 g-b pf
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