composer
Jochem Slothouwer werd op 3 september 1938 in Utrecht geboren. Hij overleed op 16 augustus 2009.
Opleiding
In 1956 begon hij zijn studie aan het Amsterdams Muzieklyceum (piano bij Cornelius Berkhout en ...
related works
Toccate : per pianoforte, 1981 / Jochem Slothouwer
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Instruments:
pf
Canzonetta : voor bariton en piano, 1950 / Alexander Voormolen
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Instruments:
bar pf
Drie joodse liederen : voor lage stem en piano, 1945 / tekst van Erwin Fischer, Sas Bunge
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Instruments:
low pf
Twee kerstliederen : (J.H. Leopold - anoniem), sopraan en piano, 1978 / Wim Brandse
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and piano
Instruments:
sopr pf
composition
Pole star : for bass/baritone and piano, 1987 / poem by Archibald MacLeish, Jochem Slothouwer
Other authors:
Macleish, Archibald
(librettist)
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