1939-05-21Langenthal, Switzerlandmale

Drei Skizzen (Skordatur by Mozart KV 364), for Violin and Viola

Instrument List
Violin, Viola
Year (created)
2006
Playing time approx.
12 Min.
Difficulty level
Advanced
Informationen
In the Mozart Year, Thomas Zehetmair and Ruth Kilius asked Heinz Holliger for a striking encore piece for violin and viola for Mozart's Sinfonia concertante which had often been performed by them under his direction. The outcome, however, is an independent three-part cycle consisting of quite different pieces. The first has been woven exclusively out of floating harmonics, the second is a wild whirling dance, while the third condenses into a six-part chorale in which each player has to sing a third voice in addition to playing double stops on his string instrument.
Content
I Pirouettes harmoniques
II Danse dense
III Cantique à six voix
Genres
String duo
Literature
Ewald · Directory «Musik für Bratsche», CH, 2013
Publisher