1 · Altfl. · 1 · Engl. Hr. · 1 · Bassklar. · 1 · Kfg. - 2 · 0 · 0 · 0 - Hfe. - Str. (6 · 4 · 4 · 4 · 2) alto and chamber orchestra - Digital Download
SKU: S9.Q2899
Fünf Lieder für eine Frauenstimme auf Gedichte von Mathilde Wesendonck von Richard Wagner. Composed by Hans Werner Henze and Richard Wagner. This edition: conductor's and study score. Music Of Our Time. Downloadable, Full and study score. Duration 15 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q2899. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q2899).
German.
During the period in which these arrangements were created, Hans Werner Henze was far from being a Wagnerite. Despite this, he deliberately set out to study Wagner's music. Tristan und Isolde was the opera Henze found most accessible and it was therefore the Wesendonck-Lieder, dating from 1858 with their clear affinity to the harmony of Tristan, which became Henze’s focal point of interest. In his arrangements he was aiming 'to evoke the pre-Tristan state. For this reason, I have selected a small ensemble consisting of seven wind instruments, two horns, harp and small string orchestra to retain the preliminary study character of these Lieder. At the same time however, I am attempting to permit the Tristanesque tone which is already inherent in the piano version to unfold through harmonic separation.' - Hans Werner Henze.
