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It is a last dance, a dance that death dances with us, in ever new turns, pirouettes, masquerades - but it always remains death. He threatens and laughs and dances with us to where no one has been before and yet where we all have to go to. His pull and his power must be stronger than we know from any earthly dance - no easy task for a composer, but a fascinating one. Wild and beautiful, terrible and final it should be, this last dance. My Danse macabre has therefore become one of my most important, most intense and most propulsive orchestral pieces to date. May this dance, even if macabre, bring joy to the orchestra and the audience.

- Jörg Widmann

Orchestral Cast

2 (2. auch Picc.) ∙ 2 (2. auch Engl. Hr.) ∙ 2 ∙ 1 · Kfg. - 3 ∙ 2 ∙ 1 · Basspos. ∙ 1 - P. S. (I: Röhrengl. (e') in Wasserbottich zu tauchen · Beckenpaar · 3 Beck. (h./m./t.) · chin. Beck. · 2 h. brasil. Tamborims · kl. Tr. · 3 Tomt. (h./m./t.) · Flex. · Vibraslap · Waterphone; II: 3 Beck. (h./m./t.) · chin. Beck. · 3 Tamt. (h./m./t.) · Tamb. · gr. Tr. mit Beck. · Rute; III: Marimba · Röhrengl. · Röhrengl. (f') in Wasserbottich zu tauchen · 2 Tamt. (h./t.) [von S. 2] · Tamb. · 3 Tomt. (h./m./t.) · Metal Chimes (3 Spieler) - Hfe. ∙ Klav. (auch Cel.) - Str. (10 ∙ 8 ∙ 6 ∙ 6 ∙ 4 [alle mit 5. Saite H])

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Title:

Danse macabre

für Orchester

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2022

Duration:

17 ′

World Premiere:

June 10, 2022 · Paris (F)
Maison de la Radio et de la Musique, Auditorium
Conductor: Jörg Widmann · Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by BBC Radio3, Radio France, Taiwan Philharmonic (National Symphonic Orchestra), Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Radiophilharmonie Hannover and Orquesta y Coro Nacionales de España