related works
24 capriccio's voor viool solo
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
vl
Quintett : Flöte, Oboe, Violino, Viola, Violoncello, Op. 3, (1932), Neufassung 1964 / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl ob vl vla vc
Elementen : voor blazers en contrabas / Henk van der Meulen
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fl cl(cl-b) ob fg h trp trb cb
Stretch your petticoat : for bassoon and string quintet, 1990 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Wind and string instrument(s)
Scoring:
fg 2vl vla vc cb
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