• Aulis Sallinen
  • A Solemn Overture (King Lear) (1997)

  • Novello & Co Ltd (World)

Commissioned by the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo

Dedicated to H.S.H. Prince Rainier III on the occasion of the 700th anniversary of the Grimaldi Dynasty

  • 3(pic)33(bcl)3(cbn)/4331/timp/hp/str
  • 12 min

Programme Note

The Ouverture is based on four thematic motives, of which the three first are harmonically related. Each theme is repeated twice during the composition. The thematic flow is interrupted at times by a fanfare-like and also a thick harmonic element.

© Aulis Sallinen

Media

A Solemn Overture, Op. 75, "King Lear": King Lear: A Solemn Overture, Op. 75

Scores

Discography

Sallinen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7

Sallinen: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 7
  • Label
    CPO
  • Catalogue Number
    CPO 999 918-2
  • Conductor
    Ari Rasilainen
  • Ensemble
    Staatsphilharmonie Rheinland-Pfalz
  • Released
    2004

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