Akos Banlaky
Schock - eine symphonische Dichtung op. 31
Short instrumentation: 2 2 2 2 - 1 1 1 1, perc(2), str
Duration: 11'
Instrumentation details:
flute
flute
oboe
oboe
clarinet in Bb
clarinet in Bb
bassoon
bassoon
horn in F
trumpet in C
trombone
tuba
percussion
percussion
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
double bass
Schock - eine symphonische Dichtung op. 31
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Akos Banlaky
Schock - eine symphonische Dichtung op. 31
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The orchestral work “Schock – a symphonic poem” is rhythmically and harmonically extremely dense, while the themes themselves are sometimes grotesquely lapidary and banal, although over the course of the work they overlap, until multifaceted, polyrhythmic textures emerge (that’s why I gave the generic name , german „Symphonische Dicht-ung“, aptly found). The material goes back to a grotesquely surreal short opera of the same name that was performed in Innsbruck and Vienna in 2005, but the orchestral work is longer than the opera itself, a rare case where a "suite" is longer than the stage work on which it is based.