Georg Friedrich Haas
*16.08.1953

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Georg Friedrich Haas
Poème | for large orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 2005
Scored for: for large orchestra
Composer: Georg Friedrich Haas
Instrumentation: 4 4 4 4 - 6 4 4 1 - timp(2), perc(4), vln.I(18), vln.II(16), vla(11), vc(11), cb(9)
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute; 3rd flute (+picc); 4th flute (+picc); 1st oboe; 2nd oboe; 3rd oboe; 4th oboe (+c.a); 1st clarinet in Bb; 2nd clarinet in Bb; 3rd clarinet in Bb (+cl(Eb)); 4th clarinet in Bb (+bass cl(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; bass trombone; tuba; 1st timpani; 2nd timpani; percussion(4); 1st, 2nd violin I; 3rd,4th violin I; 5th, 6th violin I; 7th, 8th violin I; 9th, 10th violin I; 11th, 12th violin I; 13th, 14th violin I; 15th, 16th violin I; 17th, 18th violin I; 1st, 2nd violin II; 3rd, 4th violin II; 5th, 6th violin II; 7th, 8th violin II; 9th, 10th violin II; 11th, 12th violin II; 13th, 14th violin II; 15th, 16th violin II; 1st, 2nd viola; 3rd, 4th viola; 5th, 6th viola; 7th, 8th viola; 9th, 10th viola; 11th viola; 1st, 2nd violoncello; 3rd, 4th violoncello; 5th, 6th violoncello; 7th, 8th violoncello; 9th, 10th violoncello; 11th violoncello; 1st, 2nd contrabass; 3rd, 4th contrabass; 5th, 6th contrabass; 7th, 8th contrabass; 9th contrabass
Commissioned by: Commissioned by The Cleveland Orchestra
Franz Welser-Möst, Music Director
Duration (min): 17
Dedication: for Yasuko
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World Première
Location: Cleveland / USA
Date: 23.03.2006
Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra
Conductor: Franz Welser-Möst
Work Introduction

The starting point for Poème for large orchestra is the relationship between line and musical space. An unaccompanied melody for solo clarinet begins with a quarter-tone step – on the one hand opening the work with a traditional 'cantilena' gesture, on the other, with this microtonal [...]

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