gerelateerde werken
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Spreekstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
recit fl cl vl vla vc pf
Intersections I : for wind quintet and 5 instrumental groups, 1969 / Joep Straesser
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
2121 1111 15perc g pf vl vla vc
Excavation : voor 12 instrumenten, 1992 / Paul Bruinen
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1101 sax-a 0220 2vl vla vc
White Mirror : for accordion, piano and strings / Maxim Kolomiiets
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
acc-solo pf-solo str
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