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Trio : per violino, viola e violoncello, 1981 / Jochem Slothouwer
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
String trio (violin, viola, cello)
Scoring:
vl vla vc
Vier Hollandse liederen : voor zang en piano, 2005/2006 / Hans Broekman
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
voice pf
Three poems of Ben Jonson : for a middle voice and piano, 1949 / Sas Bunge
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Scoring:
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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