composer
Willem Jeths was born on August 31, 1959 in Amersfoort, The Netherlands.
Education: Jeths started his musical career as a child with piano and music theory lessons in the Music School of Amersfoort with ...
related works
24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Kwintet : altfluit, basklarinet, hoorn, viool, violoncello, 1979 / Gene Carl
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl-a cl-b h vl vc
Clarinet quintet : for clarinet and string quartet, 1988 / Tristan Keuris
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
cl 2vl vla vc
Desert moon : for bass flute, bass clarinet, viola and cello, 1990 / Walter Hekster
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl-b cl-b vla vc
composition
A bout de souffle : for clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quintet, 1993 / Willem Jeths
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