related works

L' oroyson nostre-dame : pour mezzo-soprano, flûte, arpe, violon, alto et violoncelle, 1977 / d'après le poême de Christine de Pisan, Jochem Slothouwer

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr-m fl hp vl vla vc

Het gemeenzame : for voice and piano / Rosy Wertheim; words by Albert Verwey

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

Chants d'amour | Love Songs : for mezzo-soprano and piano / Yves Ramette

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

Tres poemas de Hilda Balbiani : for voice and piano / Ignace Lilien

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Scoring: 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