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Like other concert pieces by Holliger (Siebengesang, Turm-Musik), the Violin Concerto is music on a biography: The Swiss painter Louis Soutter (1871-1942), who had also studied the violin with Eugène Ysaÿe, lived in a mental institution for almost twenty years; there he painted nearly all of his four thousand pictures. When his sight began to fail, he resorted to painting with his fingers. By means of stylistic allusions in the music, Heinz Holliger portrays
the life of this painter, from his first picture in 1904 to his death in 1942.
the life of this painter, from his first picture in 1904 to his death in 1942.
Orchestral Cast
3 (auch 3 Picc., auch 1 Altfl.) · 3 (auch Engl. Hr.) · 4 (auch 2 Bassklar. mit C-Klappe) · 2 - 3 · 3 · 3 (Tenor und Bass) · 0 - P. S. (Glsp. · Marimba [Xylorimba] · Crot. · 5 Beck. · China-Beck. auf P. · 3 Tamt. · Wassergong · Tambour à corde · 3 Tomt. · 4 Bong. · gr. Tr. · 2 Holztr. [hoch/tief] · Peitsche [Fouet] · Guiro · Superball · Superball auf Holz[boden] · Prallstock auf Holzkante · 3 Reibestöcke · Woodbl. [hoch] · Sandbl. · Metallst.) (3 Spieler) - Hfe. · Cimb. · Cel. - Str. (6 · 6 · 4 · 4 · 3)
Content
I Deuil
II Obsession
III Ombres
IV Epilog
II Obsession
III Ombres
IV Epilog
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Title:
Konzert
« Hommage à Louis Soutter »
für Violine und Orchester
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1993 - 1995 (2002)
Duration:
42 ′0 ′′
World Premiere:
November 16, 1995 · Lausanne (CH)
Théâtre de Beaulieu
Thomas Zehetmair, Violine · Conductor: Heinz Holliger · Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
(world première of movements I-III)
November 9, 2002 · Heidelberg (D)
Alte Universität, Aula
Heidelberger Biennale für Neue Musik 2002
Thomas Zehetmair, Violine · Conductor: Heinz Holliger · SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
(world première including movement IV)
Théâtre de Beaulieu
Thomas Zehetmair, Violine · Conductor: Heinz Holliger · Orchestre de la Suisse Romande
(world première of movements I-III)
November 9, 2002 · Heidelberg (D)
Alte Universität, Aula
Heidelberger Biennale für Neue Musik 2002
Thomas Zehetmair, Violine · Conductor: Heinz Holliger · SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg
(world première including movement IV)
Commissioned work :
Commande de l'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande à l'occasion de son 75ième anniversaire
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Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LS 2309-01
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