Skriet

The orchestral version of SKRIET was composed in 1993, commissioned by the Catholic University of Leuven (KUL). In 2010, Wim Henderickx created a version for concert band and later also for brass band or fanfare. It is inspired by the painting The Scream by the Norwegian expressionist Edvard Munch. It deals with the fear and loneliness of man in a nature that offers no comfort. The following quote is taken from Edvard Munch's diary: I was walking along the road with two friends - then the sun went down - the sky suddenly turned blood red - I stopped, leaning exhausted on the fence - above the blue-black fjord and the city lay blood and tongues of fire - my friends walked on and I stood still, trembling with fear - and I felt a great, infinite scream go through nature.