Wolfgang Rihm
*13.03.1952

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Wolfgang Rihm
Das Lesen der Schrift | 4 pieces | for orchestra

Work Details
Year of composition: 2001-2002
Subtitle: 4 pieces
Scored for: for orchestra
Instrumentation: 2 1 2 2 - 4 2 3 1 - timp, hp(2), org, str
Instrumentation details: 1st flute; 2nd flute; oboe; 1st clarinet in A; 2nd clarinet in A; bassoon; contrabassoon; 1st horn in F; 2nd horn in F; 3rd horn in F; 4th horn in F; 1st trumpet in C; 2nd trumpet in C; 1st trombone; 2nd trombone; 3rd trombone; contrabass tuba; timpani; 1st harp; 2nd harp; organ; violin I; violin II; viola; violoncello; contrabass
Commissioned by: ROC GmbH (Berlin)
Remarks: Das Werk kann als Brahms-Requiem-Zwischenspiele fungieren.
Duration (min): 17
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World Première
Location: Philharmonie Berlin Berlin / Germany
Date: 16.03.2002
Orchestra: Deutsches SO Berlin
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Work Introduction

Jörg Königsdorf interviews Wolfgang Rihm:

Doesn't the intercession of a contemporary composer have the effect of pushing Brahms' musical language into the distant, historical past?

No.  It's as if there were four monochrome panels hanging in a Gothic chapel or, somewhat more [...]

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