gerelateerde werken

Journey out of Essex : for speaking voice, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, violoncello and piano, 2002 / words: John Clare, Jacques Bank

Genre: Vocaal
Subgenre: Spreekstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting: recit fl cl vl vla vc pf

Hyperion : for ensemble / Svitlana Azarova

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting: fl ob cl cl-b fg tpt trb perc keyb pf 2vn vla vc

Visions of the night : music for 13 players, 1989 / Calliope Tsoupaki

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting: fl ob cl fg h trp trb perc 2vl vla vc cb

Lantern lectures : for sinfonietta, 1999-2002, (Brass Link I / Solid Rocks I / Brass Link II), Volume I / Klas Torstensson

Genre: Orkest
Subgenre: Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting: fl(pic) ob cl cl-b fg (h trp trb) perc pf 2vl vla vc 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