Wolfgang Rihm
IN-SCHRIFT
Short instrumentation: 3 0 3 1 - 4 3 6 1 - timp, perc(5), hp, vc(7), cb(7)
Duration: 20'
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
3rd flute
1st clarinet in A
2nd clarinet in A
bass clarinet in Bb
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
1st trombone
2nd trombone
3rd trombone
4th trombone
1st contrabass trombone
2nd contrabass trombone
contrabass tuba
1st percussion
2nd percussion
3rd percussion
4th percussion
5th percussion
timpani
harp
1st violoncello
2nd violoncello
3rd violoncello
4th violoncello
5th violoncello
6th violoncello
7th violoncello
1st contrabass
2nd contrabass
3rd contrabass
4th contrabass
5th contrabass
6th contrabass
7th contrabass
Rihm - IN-SCHRIFT for orchestra
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Wolfgang Rihm
IN-SCHRIFT
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Orchestration: for orchestra
Type: Studienpartitur
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Work introduction
All spatiality should be circumscribed in the music. I attempted to outwit the resonance with a consistent harmonic system; the voices move for the most part within a firmly contoured framework of chords, so that even rapid music is possible without blurring.
The basic idea is succinct: an Inschrift [“inscription” or “epigraph” – trans.]. This occurs in writing [in Schrift], both musical and writing notational characters, written into the line like adages. The orchestration is darkened, thereby attaining focus.
Wolfgang Rihm