related works
Vertooning : for harp solo, 1997 / Willem Jeths
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Harp
Scoring:
hp
Musica : flauto, viola, opus 47, 1975 / Hendrik de Regt
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl vla
Quadruplum : (Epitaph for Odysseus), for flute and string trio, 1988, revision 1989 / Joep Straesser
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl vl vla vc
Divertimento : voor fluit, viool, viola, v.cello, '37, op. 12 / Arij Verhaar
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl vl vla vc
composition
A bout de souffle : for clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quintet, 1993 / Willem Jeths
Other authors:
Jeths, Willem
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): The title of the piece is derived from Godard's movie, not because the piece has anything to do with that movie, but because I think it is a good title. Also, the image of the main character intrigued me: he is a heavy smoker and only at the very end, when he dies in a harness, a cigarette drops out of his mouth. Hence 'À bout de souffle' .
The composition is a large, vehement movement from the beginning to end. With a very full instrumentation, a monolithic view, few solo passages, but large tutti movements. - WILLEM JETHS