Composed in 1954 for the Louisville Philharmonic Society, this concerto is one of Müller's most important works. Late Romantic echoes facilitate access to Müller's distinctive tonal language.
Written in the 1930s, the concerto was inspired by the Zurich Chamber Orchestra and has since been undeniably regarded as 'a throw in invention, powerful in design and of pithy modernity'.
The technically easy to master work (2nd violin and viola executable in the 1st position) is a choral version of the Quintet op.74 for violin, clarinet, bassoon, cello and piano (BP 1276).
Songs 'Das große Licht' by Simon Dach and 'Trost der Nacht' by Grimmelshausen set to music in the late Romantic style of 1941. Of particular charm: the darkly colored clarinet part.
In the 1933 nonet (Praeludium, Aria and Fugue), in which late Romantic echoes are clearly audible, the strings can also be chorally scored.
The combination of the basset horn, which belongs to the Ternor family of wind instruments, with a 'low' string duo promises an inimitable sonorous sound experience still largely indebted to the tonal...
