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
Scoring:
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Kiss of Fire 1 (from "The Girls Collection") : Version for string orchestra / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra
Scoring:
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Sinfonietta : for string orchestra / Fergus Currie
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra
Scoring:
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Prelude in F Major (from Bach's WTK II) : for string ensemble / Vladimir Martynov
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra
Scoring:
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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