composer
Jan van Gilse lived in Germany in the first years of the 20th century, and it was at this time that he wrote most of his compositions. He moved to ...
related works
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Scoring:
sopr 2322 4330 timp perc cel hp str
Lustobject : voor kamerorkest, 1979, (revisie 1980) / Paul Termos
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2fl(pic) fl 3cl ob(eh) 2fg sax-s h 2trp 2trb pf str(14.6.4.1.)
Dawning of Lovelight : Version for orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
picc fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2trp 2trb vibr perc hp pf str
Symphonie no. 6 : opus 45, 1960-'61 / Léon Orthel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3332 4331 timp perc cel hp str
composition
Variaties over een St. Nikolaasliedje : for small orchestra / Jan van Gilse
Description:
The series 'Forbidden Music Regained' proudly presents works by composers who were persecuted during the Second World War. Performances of these works were forbidden during the war. Many composers were imprisoned, several did not survive and others went into hiding.
After the war a new generation took over. The pre-war composers were soon forgotten and their compositions remained hidden in closets and archives or fell otherwise into oblivion. In recent decades
numerous works have been rediscovered through the efforts of the Leo Smit Foundation. Some scores were found in attics, others in a garden shed and a pile of music was found by young children next to a garbage can. These compositions are of a high quality and deserve to be performed again. The diversity of styles represents the entire spectrum of the first half of the Twentieth century: romanticism, impressionism, modernism, neoclassicism, jazz, and so forth. This project aims to encourage musicians, young and old, from across the globe to perform these compositions, and for concert audiences to (once again) become acquainted with this “unheard” music.