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Lachenmann: My Melodies
BR Klassik

Lachenmann: My Melodies

Dramatic Triumphant Virtuosic Romantic
$19.99

Details

Composer
Helmut Lachenmann
Artist
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Format
CD
Label
BR Klassik
Released
Apr 05, 2024
Catalog #
BRK900643
UPC
4035719006438

About

To mark the 75th anniversary of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO) in 2024, the BR-KLASSIK label is now making previously unreleased recordings of concerts available on CD and as a stream. The six-part composition My Melodies for eight horns and orchestra was composed between 2016 and 2018, revised for the first time in 2019, and then again in 2023 as the musica viva Munich version. It was commissioned by Bavarian Radio’s musica viva with the support of the Friends of the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra e.V. This is a live recording of the premiere of the Munich 2023 version on June 23, 2023, from the Herkulessaal, again as part of BR's musica viva concert series, with the horn section and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Matthias Hermann.

Helmut Lachenmann, born in Stuttgart in 1935, is one of the most renowned German composers of contemporary music. He studied piano, music theory, and counterpoint in Stuttgart and composition with Luigi Nono in Venice. The first public performances of his works took place in 1962 at the Venice Biennale and at the Darmstadt Summer Courses for New Music. He taught composition in Hanover (1976-1981) and in Stuttgart (1981-1999), and gave numerous master classes in Germany and abroad. His works are performed by internationally renowned players and orchestras all over the world. Helmut Lachenmann has received numerous awards, most recently the GEMA German Music Authors' Prize for his life's work (2015).

The phenomenon of melody has long preoccupied Helmut Lachenmann. He went to study in Venice at the end of the 1950s with Luigi Nono, a teacher who strictly insisted on a critically reflective approach to musical material. Nono had objected to any trace of linear progression in Lachenmann's compositional sketches as a "tonal cell" – a melodic object that was seen as a recourse to a romanticizing tonal language that had to be overcome. The impetus for the scoring of My Melodies came from a rehearsal of Lachenmann's opera The Little Match Girl in Madrid in 2008: eight horns forming a homogeneous yet at the same time complex instrument. The premiere took place ten years later. In 2023, My Melodies was extended by 77 additional bars since that first performance, with Lachenmann drawing on further sketch material. It is rare for the composer to alter his own works after their premiere - but the sound ideas for the eight horns seem to have retained a special fascination for him. The bonus tracks offer short excerpts from this concert recording of My Melodies. They present characteristic passages of the work, inviting listeners to detect specific noises or sequences and to familiarize themselves with Lachenmann's world of sound.

Tracklist 21 tracks

  1. 1 bar 1: eighth note = 108 (quarter note = 54) (Eröffnung (Opening)) - 08:38
    Track
    1
    Title
    bar 1: eighth note = 108 (quarter note = 54) (Eröffnung (Opening)) -
    Duration
    08:38
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  2. 2 bar 141 (Tonloser Einsatz nach Stille (Toneless Entry after Silence)) - 04:05
    Track
    2
    Title
    bar 141 (Tonloser Einsatz nach Stille (Toneless Entry after Silence)) -
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  3. 3 bar 195 (Tonlose Akzente der Hörner (Toneless Accents of Horns)) - 09:51
    Track
    3
    Title
    bar 195 (Tonlose Akzente der Hörner (Toneless Accents of Horns)) -
    Duration
    09:51
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  4. 4 bar 405 (Beginn der Zeitlupenmelodie der Streicher (Beginning of Slow Motion Melody on Strings)) - 11:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    bar 405 (Beginn der Zeitlupenmelodie der Streicher (Beginning of Slow Motion Melody on Strings)) -
    Duration
    11:11
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  5. 5 bar 485 (Kadenz der acht Solohörner (Cadenza of the 8 Solo Horns)) - 00:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    bar 485 (Kadenz der acht Solohörner (Cadenza of the 8 Solo Horns)) -
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  6. 6 bar 485c (Schluss (Conclusion)) 09:47
    Track
    6
    Title
    bar 485c (Schluss (Conclusion))
    Duration
    09:47
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  7. 7 Melodische Keimzelle (Melodic Nucleus) 00:24
    Track
    7
    Title
    Melodische Keimzelle (Melodic Nucleus)
    Duration
    00:24
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  8. 8 Schwebungen (Beats) 00:44
    Track
    8
    Title
    Schwebungen (Beats)
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  9. 9 Tonloses Spiel (Toneless Playing) 01:46
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tonloses Spiel (Toneless Playing)
    Duration
    01:46
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  10. 10 Stimmzüge 1 (Tuning Slides 1) 00:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    Stimmzüge 1 (Tuning Slides 1)
    Duration
    00:30
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  11. 11 Stimmzüge 2 (Tuning Slides 2) 00:53
    Track
    11
    Title
    Stimmzüge 2 (Tuning Slides 2)
    Duration
    00:53
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  12. 12 Luftsäulen (Columns of Air) 02:46
    Track
    12
    Title
    Luftsäulen (Columns of Air)
    Duration
    02:46
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  13. 13 Retardierende Intervention des Klaviers (Retarding Intervention of the Piano) 00:19
    Track
    13
    Title
    Retardierende Intervention des Klaviers (Retarding Intervention of the Piano)
    Duration
    00:19
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  14. 14 Pauken-Melodie (Timpani Melody) 00:49
    Track
    14
    Title
    Pauken-Melodie (Timpani Melody)
    Duration
    00:49
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  15. 15 Zeitlupenmelodie (Slow Motion Melody) 02:08
    Track
    15
    Title
    Zeitlupenmelodie (Slow Motion Melody)
    Duration
    02:08
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  16. 16 Kadenz der 8 Solohörner (Cadenza of the 8 Solo Horns) 00:56
    Track
    16
    Title
    Kadenz der 8 Solohörner (Cadenza of the 8 Solo Horns)
    Duration
    00:56
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  17. 17 Späte Melodien 1 (Late Melodies 1) 00:28
    Track
    17
    Title
    Späte Melodien 1 (Late Melodies 1)
    Duration
    00:28
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  18. 18 Späte Melodien 2 (Late Melodies 2) 00:54
    Track
    18
    Title
    Späte Melodien 2 (Late Melodies 2)
    Duration
    00:54
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  19. 19 Späte Melodien 3 (Late Melodies 3) 00:20
    Track
    19
    Title
    Späte Melodien 3 (Late Melodies 3)
    Duration
    00:20
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  20. 20 Späte Melodien 4 (Late Melodies 4) 01:03
    Track
    20
    Title
    Späte Melodien 4 (Late Melodies 4)
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    Helmut Lachenmann
    Ensemble
    horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Conductor
    Matthias Hermann
  21. 21 Helmut Lachenmann im Gespräch mit Johann Jahn (Helmut Lachenmann in interview with Johann Jahn) 09:45
    Track
    21
    Title
    Helmut Lachenmann im Gespräch mit Johann Jahn (Helmut Lachenmann in interview with Johann Jahn)
    Duration
    09:45
    Composer
    na Not Applicable
    Performer
    Helmut Lachenmann, Johann Jahn