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
Variations traditionelles : '54 / Hugo Godron
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 22(1)(1) perc (cel ad lib.) str
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl fl(pic) 2ob eh 4cl 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp 3perc hp pf str
Concerto : for string quartet and chamber orchestra / Mehdi Hosseini
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2vn vla vc fl ob cl fg cfh 2h str
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