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
Waldorf-Astoria : for 17 musicians / Sander Germanus
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
fl 2ob 2cl sax-a h fg trp trb perc str
RHOmbos : for ensemble, 2001 / Yannis Kyriakides
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1111 1110 perc cymb hp el.g acc pf 2vl 2vla 2vc cb tape
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
2fl 2ob 3cl fg 4h 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