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

Macho : for wind ensemble, piano and double bass, 1991/1992, (revision 1992) / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting: 3222 3sax 2331 pf cb

Going up 2 : for ensemble, 1995 / Hanna Kulenty

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting: 1010 2sax 2121 perc pf el.g g-b

Allegro, adagio en variaties : voor 14 instrumentalisten, 1980 / Wim de Ruiter

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting: 1111 1110 perc pf 2vl vla vc cb

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