Copyright by Tilo Mueller-Heidelberg, open to private non commercial use
Alternative title
Klingende Stille der Nacht
This composition "Sounding Silence at Night"
has been composed for 6 wood instruments and 23 divisi
strings; thus it may be easily played by a normal
symphony orchestra. All 23 strings will have to play
solo.
Nearly all the time they play canons in dense order but
always in pianissimo. First they play in the same
pitch, later descending or rising in semitones.
When listening you will recognize the canons until
their 3rd or 4th entry but then you will hear clusters
of the many t...(+)
This composition "Sounding Silence at Night"
has been composed for 6 wood instruments and 23 divisi
strings; thus it may be easily played by a normal
symphony orchestra. All 23 strings will have to play
solo.
Nearly all the time they play canons in dense order but
always in pianissimo. First they play in the same
pitch, later descending or rising in semitones.
When listening you will recognize the canons until
their 3rd or 4th entry but then you will hear clusters
of the many tones, according to up to 23 entries. (6
first violins, 6 second violins, 4 violas, 4 celli, 3
contrabasses)
Of course the wind instruments play solo anyhow: They
perform some musical "moonshine" in this piece. From
time to time they change to the canons, and some
strings perform the canons-clusters. (2 flutes, 1 oboe,
1 bassoon, 2 clarinets in Bb)
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