‘Two sonnets for mezzo-soprano and orchestra“
Hy droech onse smerten (He bore our sorrows) (words by Jacobus Revius)
Rebel, mijn hart (Rebel, my heart) (words by Jan Campert)
Amsterdam
There is a version for mezzo-soprano or baritone and piano as well.
Marius Flothuis led an eventful life. Early on, he was politically aware and left-wing orientated. He lost his job at the Concertgebouw Orchestra on his refusal to register with the Kultuurkamer, a regulatory cultural agency installed by the German occupying forces during World War II. He was arrested for his resistance work, imprisoned in Camp Vught and deported to Sachsenhausen in 1944. Meanwhile, he continued composing and survived the hardships. In the postwar Dutch and international music worlds he held numerous positions.
by Joyce Kiliaan