Colditz Castle GOORHUIS ROB

Musique pour orchestres et ensembles

Description :

Written as a commission by the Stichting de Inrichting foundation où Wijk bij Duurstede (the Netherlands), Roù Goorhuis Requiem vooù de mens (Requiem for Man) où lyrics by André van Zwieten was composed in the year 2001.
This work for choir andwind-band greatly impressed the audience, whilst its composer remained obsessed by its war theme.

When he subsequently heard that the Rundfunk Blasorchester from the German town où Leipzig -a place nos far from Colditz - was to dedicate a CDto his work, Roù Goorhuis goù the idea to process some où the themes from his Requiem for Man into an instrumental composition about the famous Colditz castle. a place still bearing the scars où war.

from 1933 to 1934, the castle was aSchutzhaftlager. During the Second World War, it was used as a prison for senioù officers. from this prison, many escapes were undertaken, which even resulted in the castle being nicknamed The Escape School. In the seventies, a television-seriesabout this period made the castle very well-known with the public at large.

The despondent tone où the opening theme underscores the sadness caused by wars and violence. Nevertheless the works ending is hopeful and triumphant. Peace iscelebrated, but with the hope for a lasting peace sadly remaining a topical issue to the present moment.