related works
Variations : for piano and strings, 1981 / John Borstlap
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and string orchestra
Scoring:
str pf-solo
Concerto : pour violon et orchestre / Hans Lachman
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
vl 2fl 2ob 2cl 2bn 4h 2tr 3trb 2perc str
Suite from "The Mothers of Kherson" : for symphony orchestra / Maxim Kolomiiets
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3fl 3ob 3cl 3fg 4h 2tpt 3trb tb 3perc hp str
Tweede suite : voor orkest, opus 88, 1980 / Léon Orthel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4230 timp 2perc str
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.