gerelateerde werken

Put me on my bike nr. 1 : for solo-baritone, recorder (alto), mixed choir (16 singers), based on the last words (put me on my bike) supposed to have been said by the English cyclist Tom Simpson before he died near the top of the Mont Ventoux in France, Amsterdam 1971 / Jacques Bank

Genre: Vocaal
Subgenre: Gemengd koor en instrumenten
Bezetting: bar 4sopr 4alt 4ten 4bas rec-a

Triptych : for wind ensemble, electronic organ and percussion, 1990/1991 / Tom Grondman

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting: 3130 4sax 3441 3perc el.org

Alien Autopsy : for ensemble / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting: 2fl/picc cl/cl-b sax-a/sax-s sax-bar/sax-s 2h tpt 2trb tb perc pf gtr-e bass-e

Gadget : for winds and double-bass, 1972-'79 / Will Eisma

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting: 2231 sax-a 2000 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