composer

Beljon, Gerard

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)

Queen Christina Madrigals (Drottning Kristina Madrigaler) : for chamber choir a cappella / Klas Torstensson

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Instruments: GK4

O Crux Gloriosa: Four Motets and One Mass on the Holy Cross : for 4 and 5 voices / Various authors; transcribed and edited by Cees Wagemakers

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Instruments: GK

Drie madrigalen : voor gemengd kamerkoor / Andries van Rossem; op tekst van Judith Herzberg

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