composer
Works for OrchestraIntrada (1997)
Part of the CD-booklet-text by Thomas Meyer: … In any case this is what the composer said about his Intrada for Orchestra (1998): «I actually should have composed something festive and joyous, but the music often goes its own way. Instead what came is music which is rather mysterious and atmospheric. I composed most of the piece in the old Hotel Val Sinestra in the middle of the woods in the Engadine, perhaps the music was influenced by the mood in this hotel which is supposed to be haunted. The dotted rhythms of a baroque overture and the ornamental lines of a ritual («Sacre du Printemps») give the music a sublime character - as one would expect from the «official» form of an Intrada. In that respect their is also something mysterious about the music». Müller was also influenced by a burial scene described in a book he read about Egypt. In this Intrada one could hear a funeral march which slowly comes closer and then continues onward. But this would be programmatic; one can not expect an exact musical conversion of this scene in the manner of Strauss. On the contrary: to remain fixed on this scene would entail possibly missing other moments brought into play by Fabian Müller … moments of elegy, doubt or humor. The gleaming fanfare in the trumpets and horns shortly before the end is answered by an expressive line in the bassoons. In this manner the dotted rhythm is carried through various situations.
Info
in one movement
Comissioned by Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Ernst und Olga Gubler-Hablützel Stiftung and Fondation Oertli for the 75-year anniversary of Wiediker Orchesterverein Zurich
Instrumentation
2 Flutes, 2 Oboes, 2 Clarinets (B flat), 2 Bassoons
2 Horns (F), 2 Trumpets (C)
Timpani
Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Violoncello, Double Bass
2. Flute also alto flute
Duration
about 12 minutes
Excerpts for listening
Recordings
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Philharmonia Orchestra, London
David Zinman, Conductor
col legno - WWE 1CD 20205 (P 2002)
World Premiere
31st of Januar 1999 with Wiediker Orchesterverein at St. Peter, Zurich
Concerts
August 04th, 2017 - Zypern, Amphitheater von Salamis
Academic Orchestra of Zurich, Conductor: Martin Lukas Meister
August 03rd, 2017 - Zypern, Amphitheater von Salamis
Academic Orchestra of Zurich, Conductor: Martin Lukas Meister
July 30th, 2017 - Zypern, Limassol, Semicircular Sea Promenade Pier
Academic Orchestra of Zurich, Conductor: Martin Lukas Meister
September 18th, 2016 - Zürich, Kirche Neumünster
Symphony Orchestra Nota Bene; conducted by Olivera Sekulić
September 17th, 2016 - Zürich, Kasinosaal Affoltern am Albis
Symphony Orchestra Nota Bene; conducted by Olivera Sekulić
August 28th, 2009
03:00 pm - Festival de La Chaise-Dieu, France, Abbatiale de La Chaise-Dieu,
Other works in the program: Hector BERLIOZ / Rêverie et caprice (romance for violin and orchestra), Felix MENDELSSOHN-BARTHOLDY / Concerto n°2 for violin and orchestra, Henning Kraggerud: violin
Orchestre national de Lyon, Ruben Gazarian, direction
November 27th, 2007
07:30 pm - Bern, Französische Kirche
New Zurich Orchestra, Cond.: Martin Studer-Müller
November 26th, 2007
07:30 pm - Zürich, Kirche St. Peter
New Zurich Orchestra, Cond.: Martin Studer-Müller
May 01st, 2006 - Festival Ushuaia, Argentinien
Dvorak Sinfonie Orchester (Prague)
Claude Villaret, Conductor (Switzerland)