related works

Canti percossi : per pianoforte a quattro mani, 1979 / Jochem Slothouwer

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano 4 hands
Scoring: pf4h

Gefunden : for voice and piano / Sem Dresden; words by Otto Julius Bierbaum

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

Ein Landarzt : voor hoge stem en driestemmige begeleiding, (of zang en piano), 1980 / [tekst van] (Franz Kafka), Klaas G. Govaert

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano; Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: high pf/3 instr.

Ritt durchs Leben : voor hoge sopraan en piano, gecomp. 1963 / (tekst Rich. Schaukal), Henk Bijvanck

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

composition

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

Author(s):
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