Hans Abrahamsen: Six Pieces (Score & Parts)
Programme Note Hans Abrahamsen 6 PIECES FOR HORN, VIOLIN AND PIANOMy ?6 Pieces for horn, violin and piano? was written in 1984 as a commission from the Danish Radio for a concert where Ligeti?s horn trio should receive its Danish premiere played by Danish musicians.My trio is based on my work ?Studies for Piano?. While I wrote these studies I tried to ?conjure up? instrumental parts inside the piano movement. When I received the commission for a horn trio I turned to six of the studies and deepened them by ?screening them? so that their parts and moods appeared in a clearer way. Furthermore I changed the order of the movements so a new unity appeared, beginning with a steadyly hesitating ?Serenade? in slow-motion followed by the ?Arabesque? which hardly gets started before it stops. Then ?Blues?, a melancholy melody and ?Marcia Funebre?, like a fossilized picture with a dramatic threatening outburst ending with a quiet but majestic melody in violin and horn, a melody that disappears in the chords of the piano. Before the last movement ?For the Children? is a large ?Scherzo misterioso?. Hans Abrahamsen
