composer
Wolf-Leonard Simonis, a chemist and professional patent searcher in the field of life science is an autodidactic composer. He was born in Eastern Germany and showed already ...
related works
Concerto 1800 : pour le piano-forte et orchestre de chambre / Wolf-Leonard Simonis
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
pf-solo 2ob 2cl fg str
Concerto : for piano and 16 instruments, 1992 / Janine Mehrtens
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
1111 1100 timp xylmar tub-bells cel hp 2vl vla vc cb pf-solo
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
2232 sax-s 0320 pf-solo
Sonata : per pianoforte e tre gruppi strumentali / Jan van Vlijmen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
2222 2220 4perc hp el.g. 12vl 7vla 4vc 3cb pf-solo
composition
Concerto 1800 : pour le piano-forte et orchestre de chambre / Wolf-Leonard Simonis
Description:
Because of his creative musical ability Wolf-Leonard Simonis saw it as a challenge trying to compose his own (forte)piano concerto in this style.
An experiment changed in to an obsession and finally resulting in the ‘Concerto 1800’ for Forte-piano and Chamber Orchestra. Following the experimental style of the Mannheim School the usual horns in the orchestra here are replaced by two Clarinets. Also a Bassoon is added to support the winds and the basses but not negating the own character of this wind instruments.
For a long time the concerto was incomplete but meeting the young talented French pianist Stéphanie Elbaz it lead to new inspiration and so the peace could quickly be finished with a still missing finale Rondo. Therefore also the concerto was dedicated to Stéphanie.