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
De reis : for orchestra, 1994 / Anton Havelaar
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3332 3331 5perc hp pf(cel) str
Miniatures : pour grand'orchestre / Nico Hermans
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3222 4331 4perc hp pf str
Ittrospezione II : per orchestra, Milano 5 marzo 1963 / di Louis Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4333 4431 12perc hp 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.