Friedrich Cerha
Momente
Short instrumentation: 2 2 3 3 - 4 3 4 2 - perc(4), hp, cel, acc, str
Duration: 22'
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute (+picc)
1st oboe
2nd oboe
1st clarinet in A
2nd clarinet in A
3rd clarinet in A (+bass cl(Bb))
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
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 bass tuba
2nd bass tuba
celesta
harp
accordion
1st percussion
2nd percussion
3rd percussion
4th percussion
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
contrabass
Cerha - Momente for orchestra
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Friedrich Cerha
Cerha: Momente for OrchestraOrchestration: for Orchestra
Type: Studienpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
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Work introduction
In an
engaging commentary on the piece the composer reflects on himself, yet at the
same time looks at his music from outside and arrives at conclusions which
characterise this 2005 work, and his own personality, in exciting ways. After
over 40 years’ creative activity he has acquired a crystal-clear perception of
the act of composition and drawn conclusions for himself, such as: I am tired of the monomaniac spinning-out of
musical ideas, of expansion by means of “working-out”. … But I was also
somewhat weary of my own “good handiwork”, with things I’ve done often and can
“do well”.