Wolfgang Rihm
Gedicht des Malers
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 4 2 3 1 - timp, perc(2), hp, str
Duration: 15'
Dedication: a Renaud Capuçon
Solos:
Violine
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
1st oboe
2nd 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
bass tuba
timpani
1st percussion
2nd percussion
harp
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
Rihm - Gedicht des Malers for violin and orchestra
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Wolfgang Rihm
Rihm: Gedicht des Malers for violin and orchestraOrchestration: for violin and orchestra
Type: Studienpartitur
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Work introduction
The composer has said that he imagined Max Beckmann portraying Eugène Ysaÿe when he composed Gedicht des Malers (Beckmann had portrayed Max Reger one year after the composer’s death).
The soloist virtually embodies the painter’s brush as it moves across the canvas in sometimes faster and sometimes more deliberate ways.