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
Musique pour l'esprit en deuil : for orchestra, (1943) / Rudolf Escher
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl fl(pic) 3ob eh 4cl cl-b 3fg cfg sax-s(sax-a) 4h 4trp 3trb tb timp 6perc 2hp pf str(16.14.12.10.8-10.)
Drie choralen : voor orkest, opus 900a, 1996 / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
1131 sax-a 2000 str
Variations sérieuses sur un thème ingénu / Robert de Roos
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3322 4321 timp perc str
composition
Feierliche Abendmusik / 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.