gerelateerde werken
Purcelliana : for organ (four hands-four feet), 1999 / Jacques Bank
Genre:
Kamermuziek
Subgenre:
Orgel
Bezetting:
org 4-h
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
fl(pic fl-a) ob cl cl-b fg h trp trb perc pf 2vl vla vc cb
Linea recta : for 11 wind instruments, piano and double bass, 1990 / Paul Termos
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1000 3sax 1330 pf cb
Concerto Grosso : for wind quartet and ensemble / Jan-Peter de Graaff
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
sax-s sax-a trb trb-b fl eh/ob cl cl-b sax-bar fg h tpt timp 2perc hp cemb 2vln vla vc db
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