Hans Abrahamsen
Six Pieces
Hans Abrahamsen
Six Pieces
- Instrumentation Horn, Violin and Piano
- Composer Hans Abrahamsen
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- Edition Score and Parts
- Publisher Edition Wilhelm Hansen
- Order no. WH30687
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Programme Note Hans Abrahamsen 6 PIECES FOR HORN, VIOLIN AND PIANO - '6 Pieces for horn, violin and piano' was written in 1984 as a commission from the Danish Radio for a concert where Ligeti's horn trio should receive its Danish premiere played by Danish musicians. My trio is based on my work 'Studies for Piano'. While I wrote these studies I tried to 'conjure up' instrumental parts inside the piano movement. When I received the commission for a horn trio I turned to six of the studies and deepened them by 'screening them' so that their parts and moods appeared in a clearer way. Furthermore I changed the order of the movements so a new unity appeared, beginning with a steadyly hesitating 'Serenade' in slow-motion followed by the 'Arabesque' which hardly gets started before it stops. Then 'Blues', a melancholy melody and 'Marcia Funebre', like a fossilized picture with a dramatic threatening outburst ending with a quiet but majestic melody in violin and horn, a melody that disappears in the chords of the piano. Before the last movement 'For the Children' is a large 'Scherzo misterioso'. Hans Abrahamsen