Allegro aperto
Allegretto con moto (alla viennese)
Lento
Andante amoroso con moto
Allegretto con moto e leggiero
Poco sostenuto-Vivace-Poco sostenuto
Allegro vivace
Amsterdam
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