composer
related works
Sinfonia : for chamber orchestra, 1985 / John Borstlap
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2333 2000 str
Keer : for orchestra, 1988 / Guus Janssen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
fl 2fl(pic) 2ob 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 6h 3trp 2trb trb-b tb timp 3perc 2hp str
Le roi et le tambour : pour orchestre symphonique / Wim Dirriwachter
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob eh 2cl 2fg 4h 3tpt 2trb trb-b tb timp 2perc str
Symphonie : (c minor), 1910 / ed. by John Smit, Julius Röntgen (1855-1932)
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3223 4331 timp perc str
composition
Feierliche Abendmusic / Solemn Night Music : für Orchester / for orchestra / John Borstlap
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.