Christoph Renhart
L'isola morta
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 4 2 2 0, timp, perc(2), hp, pno, str
Duration: 9'
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
1st oboe
2nd oboe
clarinet in Eb
clarinet in Bb (+bass cl(Bb))
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
3rd horn in F
4th horn in F
1st trumpet in Bb
2nd trumpet in Bb
1st trombone
2nd trombone
timpani
percussion (2 players)
harp
piano (+cel)
violin I (12 players)
violin II (10 players)
viola (8 players)
violoncello (6 players)
double bass (4 players)
L'isola morta
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Work introduction
«L’isola morta», the dead isle has its source in the image of a volcano cone which rises from the sea and which stands monument like at a place where the immeasurable forces of nature were raging. I composed a music that is eruptive, which throws about its materials, a smoky, surging and boiling piece which collapses on its climaxes only to regroup in the sub-surface.
The symphonic work was composed in 2016 and is based on my solo-concerto «Las Islas Aguadas» for piano and ensemble. «L’isola morta» takes resorts to the piano concerto, but illuminates its materials anew in symphonic opulence.