Georg Friedrich Haas
*16.08.1953

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Georg Friedrich Haas
Concerto | for violoncello and orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 2003-2004
Scored for: for violoncello and orchestra
Composer: Georg Friedrich Haas
Soloinstruments/Soloists: violoncello
Instrumentation: 4 4 4 4 - 6 4 4 1 - timp, perc(3), str(12 12 10 8 6)
Instrumentation details: 1st flute (+picc); 2nd flute (+picc); 3rd flute; 4th flute; 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 3rd oboe; cor anglais; 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; 3rd clarinet in Eb; 4th clarinet in Bb; 1st bassoon; 2nd bassoon; 3rd bassoon; 4th bassoon (+cbsn); 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 5th horn in F; 6th horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 3rd trumpet in C; 4th trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; 4th trombone; tuba; timpani; 1st percussion; 2nd percussion; 3rd percussion; violin I (12); violin II (12); viola (10); violoncello (8); contrabass (6)
Commissioned by: Ein Kompositionsauftrag des Bayerischen Rundfunks/musica viva
Duration (min): 30
Dedication: Bálint András Varga gewidment
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World Première
Location: Herkulessaal München / Germany
Date: 09.07.2004
Orchestra: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Conductor: Vykintas Baltakas
Main Soloists: Clemens Hagen, vcl
Work Introduction

With great consistency, venturing step by step into new musical territory, Georg Friedrich Haas (born in Graz in 1953) has developed in recent years into one of the most important and exciting of Austrian composers. Always interested in microtonal trends, even in youth he attempted, both [...]

Reviews

With his Cello Concerto, Georg Friedrich Haas has brought forth a truly great work. (Gabriele Luster, Münchner Merkur)

With his Cello Concerto, Haas abducted his listeners into a hitherto unknown world of overtones - a journey to the most remote regions of sonic sensibility and a soft [...]

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