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Flûte en suite
für Flöte und Orchestergruppen
flute and orchestra
This ‚Suite’ is not one of my ‘epic’ instrumental concertos such as the concertos for cello, violin or oboe, but a substantially smaller-structured series of dance forms arranged into a suite. Sunken worlds suddenly emerge here, only to reach the surface, hover in dangerously distorted fashion and then sink back to the bottom.
Every individual movement allots the solo flute an instrumental group from the orchestra: in the opening Allemande, the flutes of the orchestra; the string section in the Sarabande; in both chorales the brass etc.; and it is only in the concluding Badinerie that all orchestral groups are combined, although they are terraced in the Baroque style, one following another, seldom all playing simultaneously.
This first performance marks the conclusion of my two-year residence with the Cleveland Orchestra. The immense versatility of this fine body of sound and the exciting dark timbre of its principal flautist Joshua Smith have to a great extent determined the form and tonal character of my Flûte en suite. Jörg Widmann
Edition: Performance material
Series:
Flûte en suite
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This ‚Suite’ is not one of my ‘epic’ instrumental concertos such as the concertos for cello, violin or oboe, but a substantially smaller-structured series of dance forms arranged into a suite. Sunken worlds suddenly emerge here, only to reach the surface, hover in dangerously distorted fashion and then sink back to the bottom.
Almost every individual movement allots the solo flute a specific tonal colouring and an instrumental group from the orchestra: in the opening Allemande, the flutes of the orchestra (including alto and bass flute and later also piccolo to include the entire flute family); the string section in the Sarabande; in both chorales (extremely muted in the first and brutalist in the second), the brass etc.; and it is only in the concluding Badinerie that all orchestral groups are combined, although they are terraced in the Baroque style, one following another, seldom all playing simultaneously.
This permits the flute to remain the provider of all impulses; it attaches itself to the wide variety of instrumental colours, becomes suffused with these colours and thereby shines in different lights – acerbic, pale and radiant. This first performance marks the conclusion of my two-year residence with the Cleveland Orchestra. The immense versatility of this fine body of sound (which is indeed treated as such with the sum of its parts) and the exciting dark timbre of its principal flautist Joshua Smith have to a great extent determined the form and tonal character of my Flûte en suite. Jörg Widmann
Almost every individual movement allots the solo flute a specific tonal colouring and an instrumental group from the orchestra: in the opening Allemande, the flutes of the orchestra (including alto and bass flute and later also piccolo to include the entire flute family); the string section in the Sarabande; in both chorales (extremely muted in the first and brutalist in the second), the brass etc.; and it is only in the concluding Badinerie that all orchestral groups are combined, although they are terraced in the Baroque style, one following another, seldom all playing simultaneously.
This permits the flute to remain the provider of all impulses; it attaches itself to the wide variety of instrumental colours, becomes suffused with these colours and thereby shines in different lights – acerbic, pale and radiant. This first performance marks the conclusion of my two-year residence with the Cleveland Orchestra. The immense versatility of this fine body of sound (which is indeed treated as such with the sum of its parts) and the exciting dark timbre of its principal flautist Joshua Smith have to a great extent determined the form and tonal character of my Flûte en suite. Jörg Widmann
Orchestral Cast
3 (2. auch Altfl., 3. auch Bassfl., alle auch Picc.) · 3 (2. auch Ob. d’am., 3. auch Engl. Hr.) · 0 · 3 (3. auch Kfg.) - 4 · 4 · 3 · 1 - S. (Glsp. · Vibr. [ohne Motor] · 3 hg. Beck. [h./m./t.] · chin. Beck. · 4 Gongs · 4 Buckelgongs · 2 Tamt. [m./t.] · Wassertamt. · gr. Tr. · Metal Chimes · Peitsche) (2 Spieler) - Hfe. · Cemb. (auch Cel.) - Str. (10 · 8 · 6 · 4 · 3 [alle 5-Saiter mit H als tiefster Saite])
Content
I Allemande
II Sarabande
III Choral I
IV Courante
V Choral II
VI Venezianisches Gondellied (Barcarole)
VII Cadenza
VIII Badinerie
II Sarabande
III Choral I
IV Courante
V Choral II
VI Venezianisches Gondellied (Barcarole)
VII Cadenza
VIII Badinerie
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Title:
Flûte en suite
für Flöte und Orchestergruppen
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
2011
Duration:
25 ′
World Premiere:
May 26, 2011 · Cleveland, OH (USA)
Severance Hall
Joshua Smith, flute · Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst · The Cleveland Orchestra
Severance Hall
Joshua Smith, flute · Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst · The Cleveland Orchestra
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by The Cleveland Orchestra through the Young Composers Fund, endowed by Jan R. and Daniel R. Lewis
Series:
Technical Details
Product number:
LS 5392-01
Delivery rights:
Worldwide
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