Arnold Schönberg
Chamber Symphony No. 1
Short instrumentation: 3 3 4 3 - 4 0 0 0, str
Duration: 22'
Instrumentation details:
1st flute (+1stpicc)
2nd flute (+2ndpicc)
3rd flute (+3rdpicc)
1st oboe
2nd oboe
cor anglais
clarinet in D (+cl(Eb))
1st clarinet in A (+cl(Bb))
2nd clarinet in A (+cl(Bb))
bass clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
contrabassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
Schönberg - 1. Kammersymphonie for orchestra
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Arnold Schönberg
Schönberg: 1. Kammersymphonie E major - op. 9Orchestration: für Orchester
Type: Dirigierpartitur
Arnold Schönberg
Schönberg: Chamber Symphony No. 1 E major for orchestra - op. 9Orchestration: for orchestra
Type: Studienpartitur
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Watch and read an Interview with Philippe Jordan on Schönberg.
Composed in 1906, the Chamber Symphony op. 9 for 15 solo instruments represents a high point in Schönberg’s artistic development. The reasons that motivated Schönberg as early as 1914 to arrange this Chamber Symphony for orchestra were not only related to practical performance aspects, however (enabling performance at larger concert halls), but were also connected to the fundamental problem that originated quasi-intrinsically from its hybrid position between orchestral and chamber music. The orchestral version from 1914 was never published and is now available for the first time as completely new orchestral material. A later orchestral version, which is further from the original, was produced by Schönberg when he was already in American exile.