composer
Gerard Beljon was born on April 16, in 1952 in Utrecht, The Netherlands.
Beljon studied lute and guitar at the conservatories of Utrecht and The Hague with Hans Verzijl and Toyohiko ...
related works
Planctus Cygni I : for soprano, duduk (or alto sax), chamber choir and harp ad lib. / Gerard Beljon
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and instruments
Instruments:
duduk GK hp(ad lib)
The Whitsun weddings : for choir a cappella, 1996 / Lowell Dijkstra
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Instruments:
GK4
Three Miniatures : for mixed choir a cappella / Kerry Woodward; on poems of E.E. Cummings
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Instruments:
GK
Herinnering aan Holland : voor gemengd koor / Rita Hijmans; op het gedicht van H. Marsman
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir
Instruments:
GK4
composition
The cry of the peacocks : for mixed choir, 2005 / poem by Wallace Stevens (1879-1955), Gerard Beljon
Other authors:
Stevens, Wallace
(librettist)
Description:
Program note (English): [Première: 1 december 2005 - Philharmonie, Haarlem - Nederlands Kamerkoor o.l.v. Klaas Stok] - The poetry of Wallace Stevens (who made a living as a lawyer) has two remarkable sides; on the one hand dark, anxious, philosophical, on the other side a youthful, colorful and strongly rhythmical. These aspects frequently come together in one poem. For composer this poetry offers a number of starting points.In 'The cry of the Peacocks' Stevens' fear for the night, and actually his fear for death is fully expressed. The crying of the peacocks is the core sound for me, which represents that fear. For this reason I have chosen a stanza from the poem as a title for my work. The poem has an anxious, imminent tone typical to the time in which Stevens lived, in which a fear dominated for war and economic crisis. - GERARD BELJON