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  • Arne Nordheim

  • Tenebrae (1982)

  • Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
  • 2.2.2.2/2.4.1.1/timp.perc/hp/pf/cel/str
  • Cello
  • 25 min

Programme Note

Tenebrae (1982), a single-movement cello concert, commissioned and premiered by Rostropovich who praised the composer for his fine understanding and command of the rich timbre of the instrument. It is a convincing and almost nightmarish work containing music which leaves a tremendous impact on the listener. Not least in the central section where ghastly and terrifying apparitions are invoked out of the darkness. The final poetical section of the work is directly inspired by the description of the closing movement of Leverkühn’s Cantata in Thomas Mann’s Doktor Faustus.

Dedicated to Mstislav Rostropovich

Scores

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Discography

Arne Nordheim: Tenebrae / Magma

Arne Nordheim: Tenebrae / Magma
  • Label
    Aurora
  • Catalogue Number
    ACD 4966
  • Conductor
    Yoav Talmi
  • Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloist
    Truls Mørk (cello)

Listen - the Art of Arne Nordheim

Listen - the Art of Arne Nordheim
  • Label
    Aurora
  • Catalogue Number
    ACD 5070
  • Conductor
    Yoav Talmi
  • Ensemble
    Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Soloist
    Truls Mørk (cello)