related works
Brindis : for small ensemble, 2000 / Jan Bus
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl cl perc pf vl vc
Sinfonietta : voor orkest / Robert Heppener
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2100 timp str
Itinerant Dances (Danzas Itinerantes) : for orchestra / Alfonso Molina
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl(picc) 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2tpt 2trb-t trb-b tb timp 2perc hp pf str
Spleen : for nineteen players / Frans Vuursteen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
0200 2000 str(5.4.3.2.1.)
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