composer
Rudolf Escher was a composer who wrote for the ear, rather than to conform to some extra-musical principle. He composed a relatively small oeuvre of orchestral pieces, chamber music and ...
related works
Arcana : suite for piano solo, 1944 / Rudolf Escher
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Instruments:
pf
Divertimento pour orchestre : opus 29, 1997 / Arne Werkman
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra
Instruments:
str
Maantuin : voor strijkorkest en klokkenspel, 2001, revisie 2001 / Toek Numan
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra
Instruments:
glock str
Schoolmuziek no. 2 : (andante voor strijkers) / Henri C. van Praag
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String Quartet (2 violins, viola, cello); Other combinations of string; String orchestra
Instruments:
str(vl vc) (cb ad lib.)
composition
Concerto voor strijkorkest : for string orchestra and timpani, (1947-48) / Rudolf Escher
Contains:
Canto appassionato
Rondo mediterraneo
Ciaccona epica
Description:
Program note (English): I wished to treat the string instruments first of all as vocal instruments. This conception conditioned the formal principle of the composition: the sequence slow - quick - slow. The form of the three movements can be described as a non-strophic ("durchkomponiert") song, a great Rondo and a Chaconne (Variations). In the first and in the last movement timpani have been added to the string body, which reveal neither thematic nor "Concertante" significance, but merely as an ornamental function. - RUDOLF ESCHER