Fantasie (Widmann)

Fantasie
by Jörg Widmann
The composer in 2006
Period	Contemporary
Composed	1993
Published	2005 (2005): Mainz
Publisher	Schott Music
Duration	7:00
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".

History

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

Music

The work is an expression of "virtuoso flourishes and youthful exuberance". The composer cites The Rite of Spring in Fantastie.

Structure

Sections:

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."

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

References

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.