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‘My Sinfonia No. 8 is not at all tragic or moody like the Seventh. It is a summer piece and is based on three moments from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream‘, writes Hans Werner Henze. This, however, is all we get to know from the composer regarding the work’s reference to Shakespeare’s comedy. On closer examination of the three-movement symphony it turns out that the first movement is a fantasia on Oberon’s order to Puck to search for the magic flower. In the second movement, Henze apparently set the love scenes between Titania and Bottom to music. Ultimately, the final movement shines gracefully and peacefully as if everything that had happened before had only been a dream.
- Hans Werner Henze
- Hans Werner Henze
Orchestral Cast
2 (1. auch Picc., 2. auch Picc. u. Altfl.) · 2 (2. auch Engl. Hr.) · 2 (2. auch Bassklar.) · 2 (2. auch Kfg.) - 4 · 2 · 1 · Basspos. · 1 - P. S. (3 hg. Beck. · 3 Tamt. · Schellentr. · 3 Tomt. · Mil. Tr. · gr. Tr. [mit u. ohne Beck.] · Tempelbl. · Peitsche · Marimba · Vibr. · Glsp · chin. Gong · Fingerzimb.) (3 Spieler) - Hfe. · Cel. · Klav. - Str.
Content
I Allegro
II Allegramente con comodo tenerezza e ballabilità
III Adagio
II Allegramente con comodo tenerezza e ballabilità
III Adagio
More Information
Title:
Sinfonia N. 8
für großes Orchester
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1992 - 1993
Duration:
25 ′0 ′′
World Premiere:
October 1, 1993 · Boston, MA (USA)
Symphony Hall
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa · Boston Symphony Orchestra
Symphony Hall
Conductor: Seiji Ozawa · Boston Symphony Orchestra
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by and dedicated to the Boston Symphony Orchestra
Series:
Technical Details
Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LS 2132-01
Delivery rights:
Worldwide
Manufacturer:
Preview/Media Contents
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