related works
Solemn and Strange Music : for ensemble / Elmer Schönberger
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Mixed ensemble (2-12 players)
Scoring:
fl/picc/fl-a cl h perv hp pf 2vn vla vc db
Kreislerianina : concertino, per due pianoforti e orchestra, (1965) / Jan Koetsier
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
3222 4230 timp 2perc 4cb 2pf-solo
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
fl(pic) ob cl cl-b fg h trp trb tb 2perc el.g acc 2vl vla vc cb pf-solo
Unequal Parts (Version 2016) : for piano and ensemble / Martijn Padding
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Piano and large ensemble
Scoring:
pf-solo fl/picc/gl-b ob cl cl/cl-b h trp trb trb-cb(tb) 2perc acc(bajan) 2vn vla vc db
composition
Ghosting Pantaleon : Concerto for piano and large ensemble / Elmer Schönberger
Other authors:
Schönberger, Elmer
(Composer)
Description:
Around the year 1700, Pantal(e)on Hebenstreit (1667-1750), a versatile German musician, caused a sensation when he built a large dulcimer. According to some sources, it had no fewer than 276 strings, made of metal as well as gut. The instrument played a significant role in preparing the way for the development of the modern piano. Louis XVI, impressed by Hebenstreit’s contraption, suggested the instrument should be named after its inventor and therefore be called a Pantaleon or Pantalon. Johann Kuhnau, Bach's predecessor at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig and equally impressed, enjoyed the instrument’s ‘momentum dulcedinis et gratiae musicae’. One could say that the solo piano in Ghosting Pantaleon is shadowed by the cimbalom and its allies (harp, vibraphone, celesta).