related works
Variations : for piano and strings, 1981 / John Borstlap
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and string orchestra
Scoring:
str pf-solo
Symphonie no. 5 : Les lendemains chantants, 1941-1945 / Matthijs Vermeulen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
4464 3sax 4431 2timp 4perc 2hp str
Sinfonia sacra : in memoriam patris, [1948] / Guillaume Landré
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3332 4331 timp perc hp str
Musica festiva : for orchestra / Herman Strategier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4331 timp perc hp 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.