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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
Symfonie : voor blazers, 1981 / Joop Voorn
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
2232 4000 cb
Django : for chamber ensemble, 1991 / Wim Laman
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1120 0000 perc hp 2g pf 2vl vla vc cb
White Mirror : for accordion, piano and strings / Maxim Kolomiiets
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
acc-solo pf-solo str
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