Henk Badings
Sinfonischer Prolog
Short instrumentation: 3 3 3 3 - 4 3 3 1 - Trompete in C ad lib., timp, perc(3), cel, str
Duration: 16'
Instrumentation details:
piccolo
1st flute
2nd flute
1st oboe
2nd oboe
cor anglais
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in 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
1st trumpet in C
2nd trumpet in C
3rd trumpet in C
4th Trompete in C ad lib.
1st trombone
2nd trombone
3rd trombone
bass tuba
timpani
percussion(3)
celesta
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
Badings - Sinfonischer Prolog for orchestra
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Work introduction
Badings’ international
reputation in the late 1930s and early 1940s was already very considerable; the
young Dutch composer had already drawn attention abroad with his orchestral
works when no less august an ensemble than the Vienna Philharmonic invited him
to write a piece for the orchestra’s centennial in 1942.
The
orchestration of Symphonischer Prolog (called
Festal at the world premiere) is
virtuosic in its mastery; the piece has a clearly defined and incisive thematic
scheme, the rhythms are forceful, polyphonic clashes burst forth from the
texture.