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
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2220 2210 timp str
Overture : for orchestra / Frédéric Devreese
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg cfg 4h 4tpt 4trb tb timp perc pf str
Scenes Enfantines : for orchestra / Israel Olman
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
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