related works
24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Vertiges : pour contrebasse et deux quintettes à vent, 1987 / Rob du Bois
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h cb
Duo giocoso : per tromba e viola, (opus 69), 1979 / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
trp/ob vla
Duplum : for tenor recorder and violoncello, 1977 (revision 1986) / Joep Straesser
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
rec-t vc
composition
A bout de souffle : for clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quintet, 1993 / Willem Jeths
Author(s):
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