related works
De hel van het noorden : voor orkest, 1992 / Jan Bus
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2sax-a 2110 str
Dorian Gray suite : for orchestra, 1979 / Hans Kox
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl fl(pic) ob ob(eh) cl cl-b 2h 2trp timp 2perc hp str
Symphonie no. 23 in c-moll : for orchestra / Julius Röntgen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 3trb timp perc hp str
Scenes from the painted bird : for orchestra, 1982 / David Rowland
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp 3perc cel 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