Heinz Holliger (1939)

Recicanto (2000 -2001)

for viola and chamber orchestra

  • General information
    • Composition date : 2000 - 2001
    • Duration : 25 mn
    • Publisher : Schott, nº VAB 61
    • Dedication : à la mémoire de Christiane Jaccottet, pour Tabea
Detailed formation
  • soloist : viola
  • 2 flutes (also 2 piccolos, 1 alto flute), oboe (also oboe d'amore), English horn, clarinet (also bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet), bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, trombone, timpani, 2 percussionists, harp, piano (also celesta), 5 violins, 4 cellos, 2 double basses, five-strings double bass

Premiere information

  • Date : 12 January 2002
    Location :

    Allemagne, Cologne, Philharmonie, Musik der Zeit - The Viola in My Life


    Performers :

    Tabea Zimmermann : alto, WDR Sinfonieorchester Köln, Heinz Holliger : direction.