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starts at bar 386, after the cadenza is finished, and the main theme is quoted several times during this section. It is marked ♩ = 80 and features a short cadenza by the oboe.
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Since this is a concertante piece, it features many technical challenges, such as double harmonics, flutter-tonguings, microtone glissandi and the so-called
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The coda starts at bar 558, marked Andante, and is the shortest section in the concerto. The tone is, again, dark and rhythmically simpler.
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Section A starts at bar 1, marked ♩ = c. 112, with the oboe presenting the theme to be further developed in the section.
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Both the commissioners and the original soloists recorded the piece in July 1968. The recording was released by
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The concerto is in one movement which has a total duration of approximately thirty minutes. It is divided in a
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Section B starts at bar 252, marked Andante, with a slower and darker tone, and ends with a
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structure, with an additional coda based in B, which recalls the structure of Bartók's
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and recorded the piece with soloists Heinz and Ursula Holliger in October 27, 1968.
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and is dedicated to him and his wife, Maya Sacher, like Henze's
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Hans Werner Henze

Schott Music
Hans Werner Henze
double concerto
oboe
harp
Schott
Paul Sacher
Collegium Musicum Zürich
Sonata per archi
Heinz Holliger
Ursula Holliger
Schott Music
ternary
third quartet
cadenza
circular breathing
violins
violas
cellos
double basses
Deutsche Grammophon
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra





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