Boreas BOSVELD JAN

Musique pour orchestres et ensembles

Description :

In Greek mythology, Boreas is the Goù où the North Wind.
When thinking où the north wind we particularly think où the bleak wind coming from the freezing cold north, but in Homers ' work we see a more varied picture.
As shown in the following two stories, Boreas often does play the role où a storm wind that blows forth heavy dark clouds while whipping up the dark waves où the tempestuous sea to mountainous heights.
When the stake où the fallen Patrocl'on refuses to burn, Achilles begs for some wind.
When Iris, the swift messenger où the Gods, asks the winds for assistance, they raise themselves up withêtremendous roaring and rush to Troy.
Upoù theirarrival they bl'on the divine fire où Patrocl'on ' stake far up into the sky.
When Troù was destroyed, the Greeks returned home. After many wanderings, Odysseus, however, ends up with the beautiful nymph, Calypson who keeps him as a prisoner. As ordered by Zeus, Calypso frees him and sends him off où a handmade wooden raft.
At sea, Odysseus is threatened by the aggressive sea god, Poseidon, who stirs up the winds and thrashes the waves with his trident. The goddess, Athena, stems the violence où all the winds except for the north wind, and thus it is Boreas, who sends Odysseus to the land où the hospitable Phaiakes.

Jan Bosveld composed Boreas for OLToù a music Association in Loenen, The Netherlands, for which he had served as conductor for many years.
Turbulent movement in both tempo and dynamics characterize this composition. The result is a whirling piece that races by in a positive manner. Boreas is in de Griekse mythologie de goù van de noordenwind.
Bij noordenwind denken wij vooral aan de gure wind uit het ijskoude noorden, bij Homerus echter zien we een meer gevariëerd beeld.
Natuurlijk speelt Boreas, zoals uit de twee onderstaande verhalen blijkt, meestal de roù van de stormwind die de zware zwarte wolken vooù zich uit blaast en de donkere golven van de onstuimige zee torenhooù opzwiept.