Con brio (Widmann)

Con brio
	Concert overture by Jörg Widmann
	The composer in 2006
Period	Contemporary
Composed	2008
Published	2008
Publisher	Schott Music
Recorded	25 September 2008
Duration	12:00[1]
Premiere
Date	25 September 2008
Location	Gasteig, Munich
Conductor	Mariss Jansons
Performers	Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Con brio is a concert overture by Jörg Widmann influenced by Beethoven. It is a commission by the Bayerischer Rundfunk.

History

Mariss Jansons said, that the new piece should be performed along with a pure Beethoven program.^[2] The piece was composed in 2008.^[1]

Music

Widmann refers to musical characteristics of Beethoven’s 7th and 8th Symphony.^[1]^[3] There are no exact quotations from the symphonies, but he has chosen the same instrumentation.^[4] According to Widmann, it is an exercise in fury and rhythmic insistence.^[1] The overture is run through with Beethovenian riffs, flourishes and humor and is like a deconstruction of Beethoven.^[4] The piece has a cut-and-paste structure.^[4]

Instrumentation

The concert overture is scored for 2 flutes (both doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets in B, 2 bassoons, 2 horns in F, 2 trumpets in B, timpani, and strings.^[1]

Performances

Con brio was premiered by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons on 25 September 2008 in Munich, Gasteig, Philharmonie.

Recordings

Con brio (with Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 & 8), Mariss Jansons, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BR-Klassik 2015)

Reception

Anthony Tommasini from The New York Times wrote: "effective as a warm-up".^[4]

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Con brio". schott music. Mainz. 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
↑ Kaiser, Sybille (16 November 2015). "Ein Gespräch mit Jörg Widmann über sein Orchesterwerk "Con brio"". br-klassik.de (in German). Munich. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
↑ Badelt, Udo (29 June 2016). "Beethoven und sein Klangschatten". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 12 August 2018.
1 2 3 4 Tommasini, Anthony (14 January 2011). "Beethoven's Varied Descendants". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

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[schott-1] 1 2 3 4 5 "Con brio". schott music. Mainz. 2008. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[2] Kaiser, Sybille (16 November 2015). "Ein Gespräch mit Jörg Widmann über sein Orchesterwerk "Con brio"". br-klassik.de (in German). Munich. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[3] Badelt, Udo (29 June 2016). "Beethoven und sein Klangschatten". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Berlin. Retrieved 12 August 2018.

[Tommasini-4] 1 2 3 4 Tommasini, Anthony (14 January 2011). "Beethoven's Varied Descendants". The New York Times. New York City. Retrieved 18 August 2017.