Con brio
- Composed by: Jörg Widmann
- Composed: 2008
- Duration: about 10 minutes
Orchestration: 2 flutes (2nd doubling piccolo), 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 2 trumpets, timpani, and strings
It was at the suggestion of the conductor of the world premiere, Mariss Jansons, that Jörg Widmann refer to musical characteristics of Beethoven’s Seventh and Eighth symphonies. His starting points primarily are specific fast types of movement in the Beethoven works, which [Widmann] translates into his tonal language. Widmann has chosen the same instrumentation as the Beethoven symphonies and takes up the task of creating a similar “fury and rhythmic insistence” with these economical means.
— Courtesy of Schott Music Group