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Wolfgang Rihm
Rihm: Chiffre III, für 12 Spieler
UE17865
Type: Partitur
Format: 297 x 420 mm
Pages: 22
Description
As in the first two Chiffres, the piano has a solo role in Chiffre
III. It enters with a striking theme immediately after an introduction
featuring tom-toms. A bass clarinet and a bassoon accompany the theme,
suggesting a quotation; two bars follow with rhythm reminiscent of Stravinsky.
The theme and its fragments will return several times (in the cor anglais, for
instance) like a type of signal (= chiffre).
There are other signal-like motifs, appearing as a kind of commentary on the
dramatic events in the piece. A bell and a police whistle also provide signals,
while the piano transforms into a “piano furioso”, as in the previous Chiffres, raging isterico and martellatissimo
in a strange, secretive musical world.
Translation: Grant
Chorley
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Type: Partitur
Format: 297 x 420 mm
Pages: 22