Hans Abrahamsen's Concerto For Piano And Orchestra was composed in 1999 by commission for the BIT-20 Ensemble. A complex and multi-layered work opening with highly minimal material and very slowly building to an ecstatic frenzy across the four movements. As the piece progresses Abrahamsen has also included some significant nods towards composers Gyorgy Ligeti (a former teacher of the composer) and Gustav Mahler.The work was premiered at the Ultima Festival in Oslo in 2000 with Anne Marie Abildskov as soloist. I Allegro Volante e nervoso II Adagio innocente e semplice III Tempo de grandegioia IV Fluente ma tranquillo Programmenote: The piano concerto starts entirely as I usually start with this filigree in the piano and many simultaneous layers Hans Abrahamsen has explained The beginning is music that could continue almost minimalistically ad infinitum. But it doesn t. Instead it has a seizure after just thirty seconds. It literally comes to a halt! There is no programmatic structure behind the four-movement course of the concerto but a romantically minded listener may be tempted to interpret the development from a quick stalling of the familiar through the introduction (by the lyrical second movement) of something much more innocent and simple as it says - something feminine one feels like adding - to the third movement s flashing firework display of a scherzo which draws the curtain aside for a liberating rush of joy as life after the advent of love. However the undersigned assumes full responsibility for this interpretation.The piano soloist is the undisputed main character in the concerto and plays almost constantly in the first three movements. It is only in the fourth movement that she takes a break and listens. The piano stirs up an anthill is Hans Abrahamsen s own description and it becomes almost operatic! It is as if the music is about to fall right out over the edge of the abyss at the drastic general
SKU: HL.14000906
ISBN 9788759853672. 11.5x16.25x0.453 inches. Danish.
Abrahamsen's Concerto For Piano And Orchestra was composed in 1999, by commission for the BIT-20 Ensemble. A complex and multi-layered work, opening with highly minimal material and very slowly building to an ecstatic frenzy across the four movements. As the piece progresses Abrahamsen has also included some significant nods towards composers Gyorgy Ligeti (a former teacher of the composer) and Gustav Mahler. The work was premiered at the Ultima Festival in Oslo in 2000 with Anne Marie Abildskov as soloist.
SKU: BT.WHKP01765
Concerto For Piano.
SKU: HL.14067443
SKU: BT.WH31276
ISBN 9788759821916. English.
Commissioned by The Royal Danish Orchestra and The Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Full Score. Ensemble Violin Solo Piano Solo bring a Marimba mallet for playing inside the Piano String Orchestra (6-6-4-4-2) the number of string players may be doubled, 12-12-8-8-4 if doubling the strings then Desk 1 means Desk 1+2, Desk 2 means 3+4 etc. Performance Notes General: The set-up on stage is important, with two Violin groups on each side on the platform: Vilin 1 lefts and Violin 2 right, as seen from the audience 1st Movement : In bar 1 &, 7 the entire string group should adjust their intonation to the Double Basses and their natural harmonics. In the rest of the movement normalintonation should be used. The slow and rhythmical vibrato pulse should follow the accents 2nd Movement : The 10/5 meter is divided into two beats, and the dotted lines show the position of the second beat in each bar 3rd Movement : no comment 4th Movement : The very high harmonics are intended as mostly a high 'airy' sound. The small gliss/portamenti that will invariably occur in the fast shofts of positions are intended.
SKU: BT.WH32499
ISBN 9788759835494. English.
This is the Solo Piano part for Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen .
SKU: HL.287283
This is the Solo Piano part for Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen. Full score: WH31276.
SKU: HL.287284
This is the Solo Violin part for Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen. Full score: WH31276.
SKU: BT.WH32498
ISBN 9788759835487. English.
This is the Solo Violin part for Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra by Hans Abrahamsen .
SKU: HL.287282
Hans Abrahamsen's Double Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Orchestra (2011). Commissioned by The Royal Danish Orchestra and The Swedish Chamber Orchestra. Parts are available on hire: hire@ewh.dk Violin solo part: WH32498 Piano solo part: WH32499.
