related works

Trio no. 3 : for violin, horn in F and piano, 1988 / Jochem Slothouwer

Genre: Chamber music
Subgenre: Wind and string and keyboard instrument(s)
Scoring: h vl pf

I like my body : for mezzo soprano and piano / Erik Lotichius; text by E.E. Cummings

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and piano
Scoring: m-sopr pf

Name Gottes : voor zang en piano / Henk Bijvanck

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

La Déesee : for soprano and piano / Wilma Pistorius; on lyrics by Arthur Rimbaud

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

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