Triplo concerto barocco
for chamber orchestra
I (composed tuning of the instruments)
II Allegro vivace
III Tarantella
Year of composition 1980 (revised 2003)
Duration 10 minutes
World premieres
First TV transmission of the movie „Montezuma“ with Henzes music 1980
WDR · Cologne
World premiere of the concert version August 9 2004
Berlin • Konzerthaus
young.euro.classic 2004
Joven Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias
Conductor Arturo Tamayo
Comment
It all started with music for a movie about the shirt story „Concierto barroco“ by Cuban poet Alejo Carpentier, in which G.F. Händel, Domenico Scarlatti und Antonio Vivaldi meet in Venice, and they play music together and do improvisations. The basis for that all is the well-known „Devil’s Fugue“ of Scarlatti.
Hans Werner Henze
Marino am 1. Juni 2004
Instrumentation
| 1 Piccolo | |
| 2 Flöten | |
| 1 Oboe | |
| 1 Zink | (oder Altflöte) |
| 1 Trompete in D | |
| Pauken | |
| Schlagzeug (2 Spieler) | 4 hängende Becken Zimbeln 3 Gongs Schellentrommel 2 Bongos Tomtom 2 afrikanische Trommeln (hoch/tief) Trinidad Steel Drum Tempelblocks Schüttelrohr Marimbaphon |
| Klavier (ad lib. | |
| Cembalo (konzertierend) | |
| Orgel (konzertierend) | |
| Trumscheit | |
| Violinen I | |
| Violinen II | |
| Violen | |
| Violoncelli | |
| Kontrabässe |