related works
Nocturnal activities : for six percussionists, 1990 / Jan Bus
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
6perc
Twenty-Five : for symphony orchestra / Hanna Kulenty
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4444 6441 perc hrp pf str
Weet of rust : voor symfonie orkest, opus 916, 1996 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3223 sax-a 4331 timp 4perc str
Images oubliées : for orchestra / Claude Debussy; orchestrated by Bart Visman
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3fl ob eh 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 3trb tb timp perc hp 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