related works
Play : for solo xylophone, 1992 / Jan Bus
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Percussion
Scoring:
xyl
Discharge : for symphony orchestra, 1984 / Huba de Graaff, Rijnhard Bokelmann, Arthur Sauer
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4443 4331 timp 4perc pf str
Vor Deinen Thron : for orchestra / Svyatoslav Lunyov
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4fl(fl-a) 2ob h 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp hp cemb pf org str
Triple Concertino : for three solo woodwinds and orchestra / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
eh-solo cl-b-solo cfg-solo 2fl(picc) 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2tpt timp 2perc 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