related works
Traum, Lenz, Verwandlung : for string quartet : 1997 / John Borstlap
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String quartet (2 violins, viola, cello)
Scoring:
2vl vla vc
Symfonie no. 1 : -1945- / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 42(-4)31 timp 4perc hp str
Horizons hollandais : pour orchestre, version 1959 / Max Vredenburg
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 22(1)0 timp perc pf/hp str
Nachtmuziek : for orchestra / Leo Smit
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
Orchestra
composition
Feierliche Abendmusic / Solemn Night Music : für Orchester / for orchestra / John Borstlap
Other authors:
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.