related works
Two Shakespeare Sonnets : for mixed choir and ensemble / Marijn Simons
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
choir fl cl perc vl vc
Bop Toccata : for cello / Sipke Hoekstra
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
c-isme : per violoncello / André Laporte
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
Drie studies : (in sonate-vorm), voor violoncel-solo / Henri C. van Praag
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Cello
Scoring:
vc
composition
Vita Fugax : for cello / Marijn Simons
Other authors:
Simons, Marijn
(Composer)
Description:
Vita Fugax means "fleeting life".
The opening movement, Secret Societies, is a social commentary on behind-closed-doors politics and silly conspiracy theories.
The second movement, Futurology, is based on Stanislaw Lem's novel The Futurological Congress.
The third movement, Christian Extremism, is a statement against extremism (of any sort), which, unfortunately, is still too much a part of our present society.
The final movement's title, A Fairy Story, comes from a quote by a man I admire, Stephen Hawking: "A belief that heaven or an afterlife awaits us is a fairy story for people afraid of death."
Marijn Simons