related works
Hymns and dances : for piano solo, mixed choir and percussion, 1987 / Jochem Slothouwer
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring:
GK4 5perc pf-solo
2 Liederen : voor midden stem met piano / Bernard Zweers, tekst: Hélène Swarth
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
voice pf
Table des matières : for voice and piano / Olivier Greif; on words by Victor Hugo
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
bar pf
Thränen im Auge : for voice and piano / Sem Dresden; words by Ernst von Wildenbruch
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
medium pf / high 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