Ausklang (German for 'concluding sound') is a work for piano and orchestra composed by Helmut Lachenmann in 1984/1985.
History
editIt is a commission by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Lachenmann dedicated his work to pianist Yukiko Sugawara.[1]
Ausklang was premiered on 18 April 1986 in Cologne by Massimiliano Damerini (piano) and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne conducted by Péter Eötvös.
A performance takes about 50 minutes.
Discography
edit- Massimiliano Damerini and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne conducted by Péter Eötvös, col legno, 1994.
- Ueli Wiget and Ensemble Modern conducted by Markus Stenz, Ensemble Modern Medien, 2007.
- Pierre-Laurent Aimard and the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Jonathan Nott, Neos Musica Viva, 2015.
References
edit- ^ "Ausklang, Helmut Lachenmann" (work details) (in French and English). IRCAM.
External links
edit- Ausklang (audio) on YouTube, Aimard, BR Symphony, Nott
