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Happy Birthday, Major Ludwig!

Year of composition2019
Durationapprox. 10'
Instrumentation
2 flutes (II doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 B-flat clarinets (II doubling bass clarinet), 2 bassoons (II doubling contrabassoon); 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets in C; percussion (2 players: bass drum, glockenspiel, cymbals, contrabass bow, timpani, cymbal on timpani; suspended cymbals, vibraphone, temple block, triangle); piano; strings (violin I divisi up to 5, violin II divisi up to 5, violas divisi up to 3, violoncelli divisi up to 4, double bass)

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About the work

Judit Varga’s contribution to BeEnigma, a collaborative Beethoven portrait commissioned by TONALi. The project approaches Beethoven without directly quoting his music and combines five commissioned orchestral works with Poetry Slam texts by Timo Brunke and a participatory programme involving students and members of the TONALi Orchestra.

Commission

Commissioned by TONALi as part of BeEnigma

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