Wolfgang Rihm "In-Schrift"

Wolfgang Rihm (born 13 March 1952) is a German composer from Karlsruhe. He finished both his school and his studies in music theory and composition in 1972, two years before the premiere of his early work Morphonie at the 1974 Donaueschingen Festival launched his career as a prominent figure in the European new music scene. Rihm's early work, combining contemporary techniques with the emotional volatility of Mahler and of Schoenberg's early expressionist period, was regarded by many as a revolt against the avant-garde generation of Boulez, Stockhausen (with whom he studied in 197273), and others, and led to a large number of commissions in the following years. In the late 1970s and early 1980s his name was associated with the movement called New Simplicity. His work still continues to plough expressionist furrows, though the influence of Luigi Nono, Helmut Lachenmann and Morton Feldman, amongst others, has affected his style significantly.

Rihm is an extremely prolific composer, with hundreds of completed scores, a large portion of which are yet to be commercially recorded. He does not always regard a finished work as a last word on a subject—for example the orchestral work Ins Offene... (1990) was completely rewritten in 1992, and then used as the basis for his piano concerto Sphere (1994), before the piano part of Sphere was recast for the solo piano work Nachstudie (also 1994). (In 2002, Rihm also produced a new version of Nachstudie, Sphäre nach Studie, for harp, two double basses, piano and percussion, and also a new version of Sphere, called Sphäre um Sphäre, for two pianos and chamber ensemble.) Other important works include twelve string quartets, the operas Die Hamletmaschine (1983-1986, text by Heiner Müller) and Die Eroberung von Mexico (1987-1991, based on texts by Antonin Artaud), over twenty song-cycles, the oratorio Deus Passus (1996), the chamber orchestra piece Jagden und Formen (1995-2001) and a series of related orchestral works bearing the title Vers une symphonie fleuve. The New York Philharmonic Orchestra recently premièred Rihm's 2004 commission Two Other Movements.

Rihm is Head of the Institute of Modern Music at the Karlsruhe Conservatory of Music and has been composer in residence at the festivals of Lucerne and Salzburg. He was honoured as "Officier dans lOrdre des Arts et des Lettres" by France in 2001.
In-Schrift, Orchesterkomposition 1995
Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester, Claudio Abbado

Wolfgang Rihm: "IN-SCHRIFT"

"Alle Räumlichkeit sollte in der Musik eingeschrieben sein. Den Nachhall versuchte ich durch eine konsistente Harmonik zu überlisten: Die Stimmen bewegen sich meist in einem fest umrissenen Akkordrahmen, sodass auch schnelle Musik möglich wurde ohne Verwischung.
Die Grundidee ist lapidar: die einer INSCHRIFT. Dieses geschieht musikalisch IN SCHRIFT, die Klangzeichen wie Schriftzeichen; in den Klang eingeschriebene, spruchartige Linien. Die Besetzung ist abgedunkelt, gelangt darin zur Schärfe." (Wolfgang Rihm)
Wolfgang Rihm schrieb IN-SCHRIFT für den verwirrend vielgestaltigen Raum aus Gewölben und Kuppeln des Domes San Marco in Venedig. Dort wurde das Werk am 7. Juli 1995 während der Biennale di Venezia vom Württembergischen Staatsorchester unter der Leitung von Gabriele Ferro uraufgeführt.

Wolfgang Rihm: "IN Scriptures"

"All premises should be inscribed in his music. I tried the reverberation through a consistent harmony to listen: The voices often move in a defined chord frame, so that fast music was possible without Verwischung.
The basic idea is lapidar: the one inscription. This is happening musically in writing, the characters sound like characters in the sound registered, spruchartige lines. The occupation is darkened, the sharpness is reached. "(Wolfgang Rihm)
Wolfgang Rihm wrote IN LITERARY for confusing the multifaceted space vaults and domes of the cathedral of San Marco in Venice. There was the plant on 7 July 1995 during the Biennale di Venezia from Wuerttemberg State Orchestra conducted by Gabriele Ferro premiered.

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[Leporello1952]

Wolfgang Rihm: "IN Scriptures"

"All premises should be inscribed in his music. I tried the reverberation through a consistent harmony to listen: The voices often move in a defined chord frame, so that fast music was possible without Verwischung.

The basic idea is lapidar: the one inscription. This is happening musically in writing, the characters sound like characters in the sound registered, spruchartige lines. The occupation is darkened, the sharpness is reached. "(Wolfgang Rihm)

[bluebettle]

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[Gitarpunk]

This is awesome.

[guirolet]

Eccellente! Grazie!

[bilardone]

La cosa che più mi sconvolge è che uno come Abbado diriga roba come questa!

[bilardone]

che ritmo!!!!

[dgilbert418]

The harpist is either scared of the music or scared of the conductor XD

[bilardone]

tHE KING IS NAKED!!! THIS IS SHIT, NOT MUSIC!!!

[grodid]

Rihm est un Pablo du son.

Merci Wolfgang pour ta palette.

[arcmarc74]

...Orchestermusiker muß echt 'n harter Job sein...

[Lirqua]

geil die sehen alle voll gehetzt aus xD

[bogorzelak]

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