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
Tien vocale minuten : voor mezzosopraan en bas / [red. Michael Nieuwenhuizen]
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Zangstem solo; Vocaal ensemble (2-12)
Bezetting:
sopr-m bas ; sopr-m ; bar ; bas
Wals : voor 12 instrumentalisten, 1979/80 / Geert van Keulen
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
2panfl 0000 2sax 0000 2perc 2g-b 2pf 2el.pf
Breathless : for 11 winds, piano and double bass, 1990 / José-Luis Greco
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1010 sax-s sax-bar 1330 pf cb(ampl.)
Bruuks : voor klein ensemble, 1985 / Guus Janssen
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1020 sax 0110 2perc hp pf vl 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