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- Witold Lutosławski
Musique funèbre [Muzyka zalobna] (1958)
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- 14 min
- 23rd November 2024, Konzerthalle, Bamberg, Germany
- 24th November 2024, Konzerthalle, Bamberg, Germany
Programme Note
This work for strings is dedicated to the memory of Bela Bartók. Musique Funebre is a one-movement work made up of four linked sections: ‘Prologue’, ‘Metamorphosis’, ‘Apogeum’ and ‘Epilogue’. The first is constructed in the form of alternating canons based on a 12-tone row based exclusively on tritones and minor seconds. The ‘Metamorphosis’ builds up to a violent presto, while the ‘Apogeum’. The centre of the work leads to a central unison by contraction of the pitches used. The final ‘Epilogue’ begins fortissimo, after which the canons reappear until only a solo cello remains.
Musique Funebre was written at the invitation of Jan Krenz in 1958 and first performed by the Great Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television conducted by Jan Krenz on 26 march 1958 in Katowice.
© Witold Lutoslawski
Musique Funebre was written at the invitation of Jan Krenz in 1958 and first performed by the Great Symphony Orchestra of Polish Radio and Television conducted by Jan Krenz on 26 march 1958 in Katowice.
© Witold Lutoslawski
Media
Muzyka zalobna (Musique funebre): Prologue
Muzyka zalobna (Musique funebre): Metamorphoses
Muzyka zalobna (Musique funebre): Apogeum
Muzyka zalobna (Musique funebre): Epilogue
