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Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Spreekstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
recit fl cl vl vla vc pf
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
ob bsn acc 4vl 2vla 2vcl db
Most beautiful bird of paradise : for ensemble, 2003 / Edward Top
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
fl(pic) ob(eh) cl cl-cb fg h trp trb perc hp acc 2vl vla vc cb
Pancabana : for twelve players, (1983/86) / Wim Laman
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1111 1000 harm pf 2vl vla vc cb
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