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Friedrich Cerha
Cerha: Wie eine Tragikomödie, für großes Orchester
UE34797
Type: Studienpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
Format: 232 x 305 mm
Pages: 76
Description
The term “tragicomedy” in the title
refers to the way in which all our conflicts, all our contradictions, all the
drama and meaning in our lives become almost comic when observed from a
distance. As Thomas Berhard put it, “when one thinks of death, everything
becomes absurd”. I was inspired to the use of the [German] word “Wie” [“as”] in
the title by the work of my friend, the painter Max Weiler, who often gives his
pictures titles beginning with "Wie ...", as for example in his work
“Wie eine Landschaft" [Like a Landscape]. It is an indication that the
work is symbolic and not programmatic.
In this piece, dramatic scenes
alternate with melancholy quieter sections, in which (although this is already
interpretation) the measured repetition of tonal phrases points us towards
infinity. The finale opens out into what for us lowly mortals appears to be a
state of timelessness, in which further change is barely possible.
Friedrich Cerha
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Type: Studienpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
Format: 232 x 305 mm
Pages: 76