Cristóbal Halffter
*24.03.1930

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Cristóbal Halffter
Palimsesto – 1956/2004 | for timpani and orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 2004
Scored for: for timpani and orchestra
Composer: Cristóbal Halffter
Instrumentation: 3 2 3 2 - 4 3 3 1, vln.I(14), vln.II(12), vla(10), vc(8), cb(6)
Instrumentation details: piccolo; 1st flute; 2nd flute; 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; bass clarinet in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in Bb (+picc.tpt in B); 2nd trumpet in Bb; 3rd trumpet in Bb; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; bass tuba; 1st-3rd violin I(6); 4th-5th violin I(4); 6th-7th violin I(4); 1st-2nd violin II(4); 3rd-4th violin II(4); 5th-6th violin II(4); 1st-3rd viola(6); 4th-5th viola(4); 1st-2nd violoncello(4); 3rd-4th violoncello(4); 1st-3rd contrabass(6)
Commissioned by: Kompositionsautrag der Dresdner Philharmonie
Dedication: Yves Olivier von Winterstein gewidmet

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World Première
Location: Kulturpalast am Altmarkt Dresden / Germany
Date: 05.02.2005
Orchestra: Dresdner Philharmonie
Conductor: Pedro Halffter Caro
Main Soloists: Alexander Peter, Pauken
Work Introduction

Palimsesto means to write or paint something anew on a page or a canvas on which something has already existed. … I used this process on a piece which I had composed back in 1956. Of this score, I left only the formal structure intact. Over it I laid sound surfaces of various dynamic [...]