related works

Suite : per violino solo, 1982 / Jochem Slothouwer

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Violin
Scoring: vl

Vier gedichten : uit "Experimenten" van Geerten Gossaert, voor hoge zangstem en piano, opus 5 / muziek van Hans Schouwman

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Scoring: high pf

Twee middeleeuwse kerstliederen : middenstem en piano, 1937/40 / Johan Weegenhuise

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Scoring: medium pf

Vier liederen : alt en piano, opus 85, 1978 / gedichten van: P.N. van Eyck, Huub Oosterhuis, E.L. Smelik, Léon Orthel

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Scoring: alt pf

composition

Pole star : for bass/baritone and piano, 1987 / poem by Archibald MacLeish, Jochem Slothouwer

Other authors:
Macleish, Archibald (Text writer/Librettist)
Slothouwer, Jochem (Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Pole Star, one of the strongest and gloomiest poems by the American poet Archibald McLeish, was written in 1935. In expressive, evocative language the poet foresees the approaching catastrophe of the western world. All hope is placed on that one star that remains motionless in the firmament: the pole star, the star of love. The composition follows the poem closely, in structure (three times four verses) as well as in content, alternating between contemplation, despair, anger and hope. The unifying element is the passacaglia form. - JOCHEM SLOTHOUWER