related works

Trio : per violino, viola e violoncello, 1981 / Jochem Slothouwer

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: String trio (violin, viola, cello)
Scoring: vl vla vc

Langeweile : for soprano or tenor and piano / Julius Hijman; words by Erich Linger

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Scoring: sopr/ten pf

Lieder für einsame Menschen : for voice and piano / Ignace Lilien

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

De Grote Boze Wolf Zegt Sorry (en hij meent het) : voor stem en piano (lagere versie) / Wilma Pistorius; lyrics by Maaike Haneveld

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