composer
Willem Frederik Bon was born on June 15, 1940 in Amersfoort. He died on April 14, 1983 in Nijeholtpade.
He studied clarinet with Bram de Wilde in Amsterdam, composition at the ...
related works
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and orchestra
Instruments:
alt 2fl fl-a 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg 4h 4trp 3trb tb timp perc cel vibr mar hp str(10.10.8.6.4.)
Suite Hôtel de Pékin (version with reduced percussion) : for symphony orchestra / Willem Jeths
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2fl(picc) 2ob(eh) 2cl 2fg(cfg) 2h 2tpt 2trb(trb-b) tb timp 2perc str
Symphonie no. 23 in c-moll : for orchestra / Julius Röntgen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
pic 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 3trb timp perc hp str
Sinfonie : in F dur, October 1900-12 Juni 1901 / von Jan van Gilse
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Instruments:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 4h 2trp 3trb timp str
composition
Circe : prelude for orchestra, (1972) / Willem Frederik Bon
Description:
Program note (English): The piece is based on the tenth book of Homerus' Odyssey and symbolises the episode of Odysseuss' travels, when reaches the island of Circe. After transforming his crew into pigs Circe uses her charms to chain Odysseus to her bed for two years. The curse in which Odysseus is caught is symbolised in the piece in harp, vibraphone, celesta and piano, and in the middle movement in the first and second violins and oboes. The tranquillity disappears shortly afterwards as Odysseus' feelings of homesickness and military lust arise. Brass and percussion illustrate this phase in the tale. Following a large climax, which introduces the eventual departure from Circes' island, the scale passages in harp and wind instruments from the beginning return once more, but now descending, and the work concludes with a vague recollection to the beginning chords full of a southern warmth, with which the piece opened, as the drawing of the setting against which this history takes place. - WILLEM
FREDERIK BON