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- Karl Aage Rasmussen
Postludier for 23 solo strygere (2007)
(Postludes for 23 solo strings)- Edition Wilhelm Hansen Copenhagen (World)
- 10vn.5va.5vc.3db
- 23 min
Programme Note
The piece is an obvious hommage to Richard Strauss and his immortal ”Metamorphosen”, inventing and exploiting this unusual ensemble.
The frequent tempo-changes all share a common denominator. Thus they do in fact represent a way of simplifying notation rather than, strictly speaking, a change of tempo.
Now and again walz-like music in quavers occurs slightly displaced from the basic beat-pattern (measures 71ff and 124ff to give but these examples). Here the triple time (strong/weak/weak) should be felt regardless of the basic 3/4 beat.
Certain passages reoccur several times in different tempo. This ideally should affect the interpretation of the music in more ways than just pace.
The frequent tempo-changes all share a common denominator. Thus they do in fact represent a way of simplifying notation rather than, strictly speaking, a change of tempo.
Now and again walz-like music in quavers occurs slightly displaced from the basic beat-pattern (measures 71ff and 124ff to give but these examples). Here the triple time (strong/weak/weak) should be felt regardless of the basic 3/4 beat.
Certain passages reoccur several times in different tempo. This ideally should affect the interpretation of the music in more ways than just pace.