related works

Ecce Giovanni : for piano / Jochem Slothouwer

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Piano
Scoring: pf

De buigzaamheid van het verdriet : voor sopraan en piano / Rita Hijmans; op gedichten van H. Marsman, H. Lodeizen, J. Herzberg, D. Blake.

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

Een lied voor Spanje om op te marcheren : for voice and piano / Henriëtte Bosmans; words by J.W.F. Werumeus Buning

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Scoring: mezzo-sopr or alto pf

Verzen uit Maria Lecina : middenstem, piano, 1950 / tekst: J.W.F. Werumeus Buning, muziek: Henriëtte Bosmans

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