gerelateerde werken
Purcelliana : for organ (four hands-four feet), 1999 / Jacques Bank
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Orgel
Bezetting:
org 4-h
Tinker Bell : for large ensemble / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
picc 2fl 3ob 4cl b-cl fg 4sax 4hrn 3trp 3trb 3 b-tb euph mar vib perc db
Monument 16 : for ensemble, 1998 / Caroline Berkenbosch
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1111 1111 pf 2vl vla vc cb
Leave it alone : an audioclip, for 15 players, 1994 / Gerda Geertens
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
fl(fl-a) ob cl(cl-b) fg h trp trb perc hp 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