related works
Trio for strings : for violin, viola & violoncello, 1996 / John Borstlap
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String trio (violin, viola, cello)
Scoring:
vl vla vc
Sinfonietta : voor klein orkest, 1932-33 / Hugo Godron
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2111 2110 timp 2perc pf str(2.2.2.2.1.)
Organum : voor klein orkest / Henk Keizer
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
1010 2sax-a 0010 (or other wind instr) 2perc pf str
Mouvements symphoniques : 1955 [i.e. 1956] / Ton de Kruyf
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 sax-a 4331 timp perc pf(cel) hp str
composition
Feierliche Abendmusic / Solemn Night Music : für Orchester / for orchestra / John Borstlap
Author(s):
Borstlap, John
(Composer)
Description:
‘Solemn Night Music’ is a one-movement meditation, a metaphor of how thoughts and related emotions evolve and develop, as themes and motives grow from smaller cells, changing their form and character on the way. There is a pattern of order and intelligence in our emotions, as there is an emotional component to our thoughts, and music is the best way of demonstrating the combination of these different elements into one single experience. The title is taken from a poem by the German poet Hermann Hesse, where the author reflects upon the human condition, and upon his own life with its strivings, tribulations but also fulfilment, which can all be seen reflected in the various manifestations of nature.