related works
Westerling : een kameropera, 1994-1995 / libretto: Graa Boomsma, Jan Bus
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
ten bar 2actors GK4 cl(cl-b) perc hp vla
Aber vielleicht : for orchestra / Dieter Dolezel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic fl 2ob 2cl fg cfg 4h 2trp 2trb perc vibr cel str(10.10.8.6.4.)
Symphonie no. 1 / Herman Strategier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2232 4331 timp perc hp str
Autumn Refrain : for orchestra / Walter Hekster
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl eh 2cl 2trp cl-b fg cfg h trb tb 3perc hrp 12vl 8vla 6vc 3cb
composition
Dura Lex : (Po Zakonu - By the law - De harde wet), for orchestra, 2001 / Jan Bus
Other authors:
Bus, Jan
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Dura Lex (By the law), based upon 'The unexpected' by Jack London, is a stylistically sophisticated and razor-sharp psychological drama directed by one of the Soviet avant-garde's most influential figures: Lev Kuleshov. While searching for gold in the Yukon, a disgruntled prospector (Vladimir Fogel) viciously murders two of his fellow shareholders, and the surviving members (Sergei Komarov and Alexandra Khoklova), after committing the dead to the frozen earth, must decide the fate of their deranged cohort. Kuleshov's use of montage synthesizes wondrously with Jack London's brutal fable of minds twisted by cabin fever, seething with greed, besieged by the unmerciful elements of the bitter Alaskan wilderness. - JAN BUS