composer
«Eiger» - a symphonic sketch (2004)
Eiger was inspired by the imposing mountain in the heart of Switzerland. It is notoriously difficult to climb and many have died in the attempt. Müller spent his childhood holidays at Grindelwald, the picturesque village at the foot of the mountain, marveling at the daunting monolith. In his symphonic sketch, he seeks metaphorically to ascend Eiger and to musically describe the moods that the mountain triggers in him just as Richard Strauss had done in his Alpine Symphony. The composer muses, “Was it Eiger itself, looking down on me for years as I write thousands of notes on paper? Or was it just a fascination to risk the attempt of bringing this lofty mountain into music and sound? Perhaps it was also reading about the history of the North Face… a world in which happiness and tragedy are so closely linked.” Eiger was commission by the Interlaken Music Festival in 2004 under the direction of star-conductor Andris Nelsons.
Info
in one movement
Instrumentation
2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets (A), 2 Bassoons
4 Horns (F), 2 Trumpets (C), 2 Tenor Trombones, 1 Bass Trombone
Timpani, Percussion
Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass
Duration
about 14 minutes
Excerpts for listening
Recordings
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Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London
Claude Villaret, Conductor
Ars Produktion - ARS 38 521 (P 2013)
World Premiere
27th of August 2004 / Interlakner Musikfestwochen Lattvian National-Symphony Orchestra, Conductor: Andris Nelson
Concerts
September 19th, 2024
07:30 pm - Tschechien, Filharmonie Hradec Králové
ROYAL CZECH SYMPHONIA Hradec Králové - Kaspar Zehnder
December 12th, 2015
04:00 pm - Bangkok, Music Auditorium (MACM Hall)
Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Claude Villaret
December 11th, 2015
07:00 pm - Bangkok, Music Auditorium (MACM Hall)
Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Claude Villaret
November 12th, 2015 - Deutschland, Trier, Theater Grosses Haus
Philharmonic Orchestra of Trier; Claude Villaret, conductor
August 23rd, 2015
07:00 pm - Schweiz, Winterthur, Stadthaus
Winterthur Symphonic Orchestra; Christopher Morris Whiting, conductor
August 21st, 2015
08:00 pm - Schweiz, Zürich, ref. Kirche St. Peter
Winterthur Symphonic Orchestra; Christopher Morris Whiting, conductor
August 15th, 2015
03:00 pm - Schweiz, Arosa, Turn- und Mehrzweckhalle
Winterthur Symphonic Orchestra; Christopher Morris Whiting, conductor
September 30th, 2011
07:30 pm - Polen, Kalisz, Philharmonischer Saal
Calisia Philharmonic Orchestra, Poland, cond. Claude Villaret
www.filharmoniakaliska.pl/?strona=sezon_2011
February 19th, 2011
04:00 pm - Bangkok, Music Auditorium (MACM Hall)
Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Claude Villaret
February 18th, 2011
07:00 pm - Bangkok, Music Auditorium (MACM Hall)
Thailand Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Claude Villaret
January 25th, 2010
07:30 pm - KKL Luzern, Konzertsaal
Also in the program: George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue (Soloist: Christian Wenk),
Johannes Brahms, piano-quartet g-minor op. 25, arr. for orchestra by Arnold Schönberg,
Benefit Concert for a school project for children in Afghanistan «through education in a peaceful future»
Symphony Orchestra Nota Bene, conducted by Massimiliano Matesic
www.nota-bene.ch/konzerte/winterkonzerte10.ph p
January 24th, 2010
05:00 pm - Stadtkirche Thun
Also in the program: R. Strauss, Concerto in D-major for oboe and small orchestra (1945), (Solist: Kurt Meier, Oboe),
W. A. Mozart, Sinfonie No. 36 C-major, KV 425, «Linzer Sinfonie»
City of Thun Orchestra, conducted by Laurent Gendre
www.aogt.ch/2009_2010_2_sk.html
January 23rd, 2010
07:30 pm - Stadtkirche Thun
Also in the program: R. Strauss, Concerto in D-major for oboe and small orchestra (1945), (Solist: Kurt Meier, Oboe),
W. A. Mozart, Sinfonie No. 36 C-major, KV 425, «Linzer Sinfonie»
City of Thun Orchestra, conducted by Laurent Gendre
www.aogt.ch/2009_2010_2_sk.html
January 22nd, 2010
07:30 pm - Tonhalle Zürich, Grosser Saal
Also in the program: George Gershwin, Rhapsody in Blue (Soloist: Christian Wenk),
Johannes Brahms, piano-quartet g-minor op. 25, arr. for orchestra by Arnold Schönberg,
Benefit Concert for a school project for children in Afghanistan «through education in a peaceful future»
Symphony Orchestra Nota Bene, conducted by Massimiliano Matesic
www.nota-bene.ch/konzerte/winterkonzerte10.ph p
October 08th, 2006 - Tonhalle Zürich, Grosser Saal
Jubiläumskonzert des Symphonisches Orchesters Zürich
Symphonisches Orchester Zurich
Daniel Schweizer, Conductor
August 27th, 2004
07:30 pm - Interlakner Musikfestwochen
Casino-Kursaal, Schweiz
WP
Lettisches National-Symphonieorchester
Andris Nelsons, Conductor