Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012)
Ode an den Westwind (1953)
music for cello and orchestra to a poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley
- General information
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Composition date:
1953
- Duration: 25 mn
- Publisher: Schott, nº ED 4423
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Composition date:
1953
- Type
- Concertant music [Cello and orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist: 1 cello
- 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 1 oboe, 1 English horn, 1 clarinet, 1 bass clarinet, 1 bassoon, 1 contrabassoon, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, 1 tuba, 9 percussionists [ou 10] , 1 harp, 1 piano, 1 celesta, 20 violins, 12 violas, 8 double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
30 April 1954
Location:Bielefeld
Performers:Ludwig Hoelscher : violoncelle, Städtisches Orchester Bielefeld, direction : Bernhard Conz.
Table of contents
- I. Calmo
- II. Vivo
- III. Tranquillo
- IV. Al tempo di una marcia solemne, ma non lenta
- V. Grave