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
Sinfonietta : voor klein orkest, 1932-33 / Hugo Godron
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2111 2110 timp 2perc pf str(2.2.2.2.1.)
July '90 : for orchestra / Margriet Hoenderdos
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
pic 2fl 2ob eh 3cl 3fg 3h 3trp 3trb str(20.16.12.8.)
Tutti : for orchestra / Svyatoslav Lunyov
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc 2fl 2ob h 2cl 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb timp perc 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.