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
Blauwvingers : fantasie voor orkest, opus 8, 1981 / Ed de Boer
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3222 4230 timp 2perc str
Serenade : voor kamerorkest, op. 52 / Géza Frid
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2121 1000 timp str
The end of a specimen : for orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4431 6perc 2hp pf 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.