related works

Motetus : (quasi in modo antico), for six-part a cappella choir, 1987 / Joep Straesser

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir
Scoring: GK6

Bird to Chan : for soprano and wind quintet, 2001 / words Charlie Parker (1920-1955), Jacques Bank

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr fl ob cl fg h

Mere Air : for two sopranos and ensemble / Hana Ajiashvili; text by Sappho's poetry

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: 2sopr rec gtr vla vla-gamba cemb

All perishes ... : 6 songs for flute and soprano (with some percussion), 1985 / words by Alkaios, Joep Straesser

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring: sopr(perc) fl

composition

From the Chinese restaurant : a symphonic song cycle, for mezzo-soprano, alto saxophone, accordion and percussion, 1989 / Joep Straesser

Author(s):
Chin Sheng-T'An (Zoon van) (Text writer/Librettist)
Confucius (Text writer/Librettist)
Li T'Ai Po (Text writer/Librettist)
Po Chu-I (Text writer/Librettist)
Straesser-Verster, Stanny (Text writer/Librettist)
Straesser, Joep (Composer)
Contains:
A man who wants to eat / tekst v. Confucius
Patience / tekst v. Confucius
Climbing higher and higher / tekst v. Po Chu-I
Should I envie [i.e. envy] the gods? / tekst v. Li T'ai Po
My whole life I have eaten / tekst v. de zoon van Chin Sheng-T'an