Besetzung: | Blasorchester |
Komponist: | Stephen Gibson |
Grad:Schwierigkeitsgrad: | 4 (schwer / Oberstufe) |
Genre: | Konzertwerk |
Umfang: | Partitur und Stimmen |
Dauer: | 08:40 |
Verlag: | Southern Music Company |
Kategorie: | Konzertwerke |
John Gibson's composition is based on a relief sculpture of the same title by German artist Kaethe Kollwitz (1867-1945). Kollowitz was a significant German artist who witnessed a great deal of suffering in her lifetime. Her husband, a physician, was assigned to care for the indigent, and they were forced to deal with the loss of their own son Peter in World war II. These situations all has a profound effect on her work. The expression of suffering in her work earned her respect among German artists and enemies within the Nazi govenment. Resting in the Peace of his Hands is a significant work for Kollwitz as it was intended to express "the feeling of utter peace" while most of her work was designed to express torment. The phrase "Resting in the Peace of his Hands" is a quote from Goethe, and she intended that it be the central element of her family tombstone.