Lachenmann: My Melodies

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Label
BR Klassik
Release Date
April 5, 2024
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Helmut Lachenmann
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    • PERFORMER
      Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 05, 2024
    • UPC
      4035719006438
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BRK900643
    • LABEL
      BR Klassik
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Modern Era
    Works ⌄

    1. bar 1: eighth note = 108 (quarter note = 54) (Eröffnung (Opening)) -

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    2. bar 141 (Tonloser Einsatz nach Stille (Toneless Entry after Silence)) -

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    3. bar 195 (Tonlose Akzente der Hörner (Toneless Accents of Horns)) -

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    4. bar 405 (Beginn der Zeitlupenmelodie der Streicher (Beginning of Slow Motion Melody on Strings)) -

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    5. bar 485 (Kadenz der acht Solohörner (Cadenza of the 8 Solo Horns)) -

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    6. bar 485c (Schluss (Conclusion))

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    7. Melodische Keimzelle (Melodic Nucleus)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    8. Schwebungen (Beats)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    9. Tonloses Spiel (Toneless Playing)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    10. Stimmzüge 1 (Tuning Slides 1)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    11. Stimmzüge 2 (Tuning Slides 2)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    12. Luftsäulen (Columns of Air)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    13. Retardierende Intervention des Klaviers (Retarding Intervention of the Piano)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    14. Pauken-Melodie (Timpani Melody)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    15. Zeitlupenmelodie (Slow Motion Melody)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    16. Kadenz der 8 Solohörner (Cadenza of the 8 Solo Horns)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    17. Späte Melodien 1 (Late Melodies 1)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    18. Späte Melodien 2 (Late Melodies 2)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    19. Späte Melodien 3 (Late Melodies 3)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    20. Späte Melodien 4 (Late Melodies 4)

      Composer: Helmut Lachenmann

      Ensemble: horn sections Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks

      Conductor: Matthias Hermann

    21. Helmut Lachenmann im Gespräch mit Johann Jahn (Helmut Lachenmann in interview with Johann Jahn)

      Composer: na Not Applicable

      Performer: Helmut Lachenmann, Johann Jahn


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.