Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012)
Concerto per contrabasso ed orchestra (1966)
- General information
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Composition date:
1966
- Duration: 20 mn
- Publisher: Schott, nº ED 9410
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Composition date:
1966
- Type
- Concertant music [Double bass and ensemble/orchestra]
Detailed formation
- soloist: 1 double bass
- 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo), 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), 1 clarinet, 1 bass clarinet, 2 bassoons (also 1 contrabassoon), 2 horns, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, 1 percussionist, 4 violins, 4 second violins, 4 violas, 4 cellos, 4 double basses, 2 five-strings double basses
Premiere information
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Date:
2 November 1967
Location:Chicago
Performers:Gary Karr : contrebasse, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, direction : Jean Martinon.
Table of contents
- I. Moderato cantabile
- II. Vivace
- III. Ciaccona