gerelateerde werken
Genre:
Vocaal
Subgenre:
Spreekstem en instrument(en)
Bezetting:
recit fl cl vl vla vc pf
Muziek : voor groot ensemble, 1989 / Will Hoogakker
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
12.3.3.3 0300 5vl 3vla 3vc
Kiss of Fire : Version for Spark / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
2rec vn-solo vc-solo pf perc str
Static motion : for 13 players, 1992 / Jan Rokus van Roosendael
Genre:
Orkest
Subgenre:
Groot ensemble (12 of meer spelers)
Bezetting:
1110 0000 2perc man g cimbalom hp pf vl vla vc
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