related works
24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Quartetto buffo : per clarinetto e trio d'archi / Jurriaan Andriessen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
cl vl vla vc
The next call : for ten instruments, 1978-'79 / Jos Post
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl ob cl fg 2h trp trb 2cb
Kwintet : (1956), op. 25 / Luctor Ponse
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl ob 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