Product Details
Description
There must be a very good reason for any work to be performed as frequently as György Ligeti’s Kammerkonzert. In this case, there are three reasons: firstly, the Kammerkonzert is an excellent and fascinating piece which directly captivates both performers and listeners despite the work’s extreme complexity. Secondly, Ligeti treats each instrument like a soloist, ensuring that each individual musician in the ensemble has an interesting part to play. Thirdly, the composer’s concept and implementation of polymetrics is simply ingenious: the parallelism of different tempi which are here combined with ‘super fast soloist actions’ (Ligeti) produces the unique and breathtaking ‘Ligeti sound’, soaring and iridescent, for which the composer continues to be admired and revered up to the present day.
Orchestral Cast
1 (auch Picc.) · 1 (auch Ob. d'am., Engl. Hr.) · 2 (2. auch Bassklar.) · 0 - 1 · 0 · 1 · 0 - Cemb. (auch Hammond-Org. od. Harmonium) · Klav. (auch Cel.) - Str. (1 · 1 · 1 · 1 · 1)
Content
I Corrente (Fließend)
II Calmo, sostenuto
III Movimento preciso e meccanico
IV Presto
II Calmo, sostenuto
III Movimento preciso e meccanico
IV Presto
More Information
Title:
Kammerkonzert
für 13 Instrumentalisten
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1969 - 1970
Duration:
21 ′0 ′′
World Premiere:
April 5, 1970 · Baltimore, MD (USA)
Conductor: Friedrich Cerha · Ensemble "die reihe"
(First performance of Movement I and II)
May 11, 1970 · Wien (A)
Conductor: Friedrich Cerha · Ensemble "die reihe"
(First performance of the three-movement version)
October 1, 1970 · Berlin (D)
Großer Sendesaal
Berliner Festwochen 1970
Conductor: Friedrich Cerha · Ensemble »die reihe« Wien
(First performance of the final four-movement version)
Conductor: Friedrich Cerha · Ensemble "die reihe"
(First performance of Movement I and II)
May 11, 1970 · Wien (A)
Conductor: Friedrich Cerha · Ensemble "die reihe"
(First performance of the three-movement version)
October 1, 1970 · Berlin (D)
Großer Sendesaal
Berliner Festwochen 1970
Conductor: Friedrich Cerha · Ensemble »die reihe« Wien
(First performance of the final four-movement version)
Series:
Technical Details
Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LS 2768-01
Delivery rights:
Worldwide
Manufacturer:
Preview/Media Contents
Audio:
Video:
More from this series
Kammerkonzert
Performances
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: David Atherton
Orchestra: London Sinfonietta
January 24, 2018 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Royal Festival Hall
19:30
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Pierre Bleuse
Orchestra: Lemanic Modern Ensemble
January 18, 2018 |
Genève (Switzerland) , Conservatoire de Musique
20:00
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Alfredo Perl
Orchestra: Detmolder Kammerorchester
November 22, 2017 |
Bremen (Germany) , Sendesaal
20:00
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Alfredo Perl
Orchestra: Detmolder Kammerorchester
November 21, 2017 |
Detmold (Germany) , Hochschule für Musik - Konzerthaus
19:30
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Jürg Henneberger
Orchestra: Ensemble Phoenix Basel
November 20, 2017 |
Basel (Switzerland) , Gare du Nord
20:00
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Jürg Henneberger
Orchestra: Ensemble Phoenix Basel
November 19, 2017 |
Basel (Switzerland) , Gare du Nord
20:00
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Fabrice Pierre
November 10, 2017 |
Lyon (France) , Salle Varèse - CNSMD
19:00
Kammerkonzert
November 10, 2017 |
London (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Silk Street Music Hall
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw
Orchestra: Asko|Schönberg Ensemble
October 28, 2017 |
Rotterdam (Netherlands) , Schouwburg
20:00
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw
Orchestra: Asko|Schönberg Ensemble
October 27, 2017 |
Rotterdam (Netherlands) , Schouwburg
20:00
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Reinbert de Leeuw
Orchestra: Asko|Schönberg Ensemble
October 26, 2017 |
Rotterdam (Netherlands) , Schouwburg
20:00
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Brad Lubman
Orchestra: Bang on a Can
July 29, 2017 |
North Adams,MA (United States of America) , MASS MoCA
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Scott Voyles
Orchestra: Ensemble für Neue Musik
July 4, 2017 |
Hannover (Germany) , Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien
19:30
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Andrzej Bauer
Orchestra: Chain Ensemble
June 27, 2017 |
Warszawa (Poland) , Nowy Teatr
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Jobst Liebrecht
Orchestra: Landesjugendensemble Neue Musik
May 23, 2017 |
München (Germany) , Akademie der schönen Künste
20:00
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Alain Altinoglu
Orchestra: Orchestre Symphonique de la Monnaie
May 19, 2017 |
Bruxelles (Belgium) , Palais des Beaux-Arts
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Paul Daniel
Orchestra: Ensemble intercontemporain
May 18, 2017 |
Bordeaux (France) , Auditorium
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Min Chung
Orchestra: Ensemble "Giorgio Bernasconi" dell’Accademia Teatro alla Scala
May 11, 2017 |
Milano (Italy) , Teatro alla Scala
17:00
Kammerkonzert
Conductor: Baldur Brönnimann
Orchestra: Sinfonietta de la Escuela Superior de Música Reina Sofía
May 8, 2017 |
Madrid (Spain) , Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
18:30
Reviews
Only registered users can write reviews. Please sign in or create an account.