Title
Momente
Subtitle
for orchestra
Category
Orchestra
Duration
22:00
Number of performers
80
Instrumentation
2 · (2nd also pic.) · 2 · 3 (3rd also bcl). · 2 · cbn. - 4 · 3 · 4 · 2 - cel. · hp. · acn. - perc. (4 performers) - str. (14 · 12 · 10 · 8 · 6)
Composition year(s)
2005
World premiere
2006-12-01
Munich, Herkulessaal · SBR München · Arturo Tamayo, conductor
Extra title
Auftraggeber: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Musica Viva München
Commissioner
Bayerischer Rundfunk, Musica Viva München
Comment of the composer on the work
In an engaging commentary on the piece the composer reflects on himself, yet at the same time looks at his music from outside and arrives at conclusions which characterise this 2005 work, and his own personality, in exciting ways. After over 40 years’ creative activity he has acquired a crystal-clear perception of the act of composition and drawn conclusions for himself, such as: I am tired of the monomaniac spinning-out of musical ideas, of expansion by means of “working-out”. … But I was also somewhat weary of my own “good handiwork”, with things I’ve done often and can “do well”.
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