related works
Canti percossi : per pianoforte a quattro mani, 1979 / Jochem Slothouwer
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano 4 hands
Scoring:
pf4h
Triptyque : for contralto and piano, 2002 / poems by Guillaume Apollinaire, Micha Hamel
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
alt pf
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
sopr-m pf
Sonnet Nº 104 by Shakespeare : for mezzo-soprano and piano / Man-Ching Yu Donald
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
sop-m 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