Ulrich Lehensteiner
Tundra
(2024)
for piano and Orchestra
Short instrumentation: 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0 0, str
Duration: 20'
Solos:
piano
Instrumentation details:
violin I (10 players)
violin II (10 players)
viola (10 players)
violoncello (10 players)
double bass (10 players)
Tundra
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Work introduction
"Tundra" is a miniature piano concerto with reduced orchestra-setup (strings only) in one continuous movement. Programmatically depicting a lone wanderer's walk through an icy wasteland by switching between description of the scene's hostile environment and introspection of the wanderer's inner wasteland of emotions, the piece features brilliantly virtuosic piano-passages and strong multi-layered rhythms.