Wolfgang Rihm
Nähe fern 4
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 3 - 4 2 3 1 - timp, perc, str
Duration: 13'
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute (+picc)
oboe
cor anglais
1st clarinet in A
2nd clarinet in A
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
1st trombone
2nd trombone
3rd trombone
bass tuba
timpani
percussion
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
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Wolfgang Rihm
Rihm: Nähe fern 4Orchestration: für Orchester
Type: Studienpartitur (Sonderanfertigung)
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Work introduction
Like the three previous
movements of Rihm’s Nähe fern-Symphony (each of which can be
paired with the Brahms symphonies), this conclusive piece deals with
reminiscence. The main theme from the first movement of Brahms’ Symphony No. 4 appears in the
background, as if veiled, although Rihm’s music does conjure up the spirit of
Brahms, his world and much that has happened in music since then – up to Rihm’s
own. There are frictions in the harmony not to be found in Brahms; yet the
longing, the tenderness, the dark colours of his late Romanticism are all
there, filtered through Rihm’s creative personality.