related works
Rotonde : opera in één acte / muziek: Joh. Bordewijk-Roepman, libretto: F. Bordewijk
Genre:
Opera, musical theatre
Subgenre:
Opera
Scoring:
sopr alt ten bar bas GK4 2222 4231 timp perc hp str dancers
Musique concertante : pour orchestre, 1988 / Luctor Ponse
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2232 2220 5-6perc hp pf str
Interplay : for orchestra / Reinbert de Leeuw
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
3332 2221 timp perc vibr pf str
Ventriloquist : voor orkest, 1995-1996, revisie 1997 / Ivo van Emmerik
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Orchestra
Scoring:
2112 2010 hp str(8.8.4.4.2.)
composition
Epiloog : for orchestra / Johanna Bordewijk-Roepman
Other authors:
Bordewijk-Roepman, Johanna
(Composer)
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.