Fantasie (Widmann)

Fantasie
by Jörg Widmann
The composer in 2006
Period	Contemporary
Composed	1993
Published	2005 (2005): Mainz
Publisher	Schott Music
Duration	7:00[1]
Scoring	clarinet in B♭
Premiere
Date	1 March 1994 (1994-03-01)
Location	Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich
Performers	Jörg Widmann

Fantasie for Solo Clarinet is a solo instrumental work by Jörg Widmann and was composed in 1993. It has a "Harlequin spirit".[2]

History

The Three Pieces for Solo Clarinet and Dialogue de l'ombre double were used as the basis.[3] The piece was premiered by the composer on 1 March 1994 at Bayerischer Rundfunk in Munich.[1]

Music

The work is an expression of "virtuoso flourishes and youthful exuberance".[4] The composer cites The Rite of Spring in Fantasie.[5]

Structure

Sections:[6]

1. Free, rhapsodically
2. Fast, brilliant
3. Presto possible
4. Tempo come prima, ma poco più mosso

Reception

Zachary Woolfe from The New York Times wrote: "...sounding like the most beautiful circus music ever written."[5]

Recordings

• Bettina Aust and Robert Aust, Bettina Aust – Deutscher Musikwettbewerb, Laureate 2015, Clarinet, Recorded at Ehemalige Sendestelle des Deutschlandradios, 16–19 October 2015, GENUIN classics, GEN 16432, 2016, compact disc. OCLC 987272763
• Eduard Brunner, Music for Solo Clarinet, Recorded in Studio 2, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich, 14–15 December 2009, Naxos, 8.572470, 2011, compact disc. OCLC 1080882095
• Stefan Neubauer, Solitary Changes, Recorded between 2012 and 2013, Orlando Records, or 0006, 2013. OCLC 887469607

Notes

References

1. "Fantasie". Schott Music. 3 June 2020. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
2. "Jörg Widmann's "Fantasie" with Andrew Lowy". LA Phil. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
3. Dierickx 2018, p. 103.
4. Dierickx 2018, p. 24.
5. Woolfe, Zachary (15 April 2013). "On Clarinet, the Composer". The New York Times. New York City. Archived from the original on 22 August 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2017.(subscription required)
6. Dierickx 2018.

Sources

• Dierickx, Zachary (2018). The Clarinet Works of Jörg Widmann: A Performance Guide to Fantasie for Clarinet Solo with a Survey of Unaccompanied Clarinet Repertoire and Guide to Contemporary Techniques (DMA thesis). Ohio State University.
• Mala, Defrim (2019). The music avangard Jörg Widmann and an analyse on his main work "The Fantasie for Clarinet Solo" (Master's thesis). University of Agder. hdl:11250/2628871. Retrieved 4 June 2023.

Further reading

• Fein, Markus (2005). Im Sog der Klänge – Gespräche mit dem Komponisten Jörg Widmann (in German). Mainz: Edition Neue Zeitschrift für Musik. ISBN 978-3-7957-0535-0.