Friedrich Cerha
*17.02.1926

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Friedrich Cerha
Wiener Kaleidoskop | for orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 2006
Scored for: for orchestra
Composer: Friedrich Cerha
Instrumentation: 2 0 2 1 - 2 0 0 0 - perc, acc, str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute (+picc); 1st clarinet in Bb (+cl(A); cl(Eb)); 2nd clarinet in Bb (+cl(A)); bassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; percussion; accordion; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Duration (min): 20

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World Première
Location: Manchester / Great Britain
Date: 19.10.2010
Orchestra: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: HK Gruber
Work Introduction

My familiarity with the music of the suburban Viennese establishment (also home in their day to Strauss and Lanner) dates back to the time when as a twelve-year-old I used to play second violin in a small ensemble at so-called “academies”, balls and other parties – waltzes, polkas, [...]


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