Romancendres
composer: Heinz Holliger
preface: Andreas Krause
translator preface (English): Lindsay Chalmers-Gerbracht
translator preface (French): Dominique de Montaignac
Premiere: September 7, 2003 Luzern, Schweizerhof (CH) Lucerne Festival 2003 · Thomas Demenga, Violoncello; Thomas Larcher, Klavier
Instrumentation: cello and piano
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 20' 0''
Year of composition: 2003
Difficulty: very difficult
Series: Cello Library
88 Pages - Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-001-13707-2
Order number: CB 177
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Description
In 1853 Robert Schumann composed five piano-accompanied cello romances. The works were never published though as Clara Schumann destroyed the unpublished manuscript in 1893, 40 years after they were written.
In his six duo pieces for violoncello and piano, Heinz Holliger refers to these compositions which turned to ash: the title is a combination of the French words ‘romances’ and ‘cendres’. Many allusions are hidden in the music itself. In the opening procession part, for example, one can hear Clara Schumann’s initials C and eS [E flat], a letter of Brahms to Clara is recited by the piano, and the last figure of the final part is formed from the tones of his place of death, EnDEniCH. But both amateur and experienced listeners will at once be gripped by Holliger’s music. This work is affecting – not only by its complex conception but mainly by its intense sonority.
Content
Kondukt I (C.S.
R.S.)
I. Aurora (Nachts)
II. (R)asche(s) Flügelschlagen
III. "Der Würgengel der Gegenwart"
IV. "heiter bewegt" ("Es wehet ein Schatten darin")
Kondukt II ("Der bleiche Engel der Zukunft")
Recordings
Romancendres (2009)
Heinz Holliger- Romancendres
- Gesänge der Frühe
- + Clara Schumann: Three Romances, Op. 22
Christoph Richter (cello) · Dénes Várjon (piano) · SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart · Radio-Sinfonieorchester Suttgart des SWR · Heinz Holliger (conductor)
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