| ID | 3BFF33F7-B190-4C27-AD57-3C7722D1617B |
| Titlecode | X660301 |
| Title Name | Wir küssen Ihnen tausendmal die Hände: Homage to Mozart |
| Marketing Copy | Commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra as part of a series of new works composed for the Orchestra's 1991 Mozart Bicentennial Festival. The title is a salutation with which Mozart usually closed his letters to his father. |
| Instrumentation | Clarinet, Horn, Fortepiano, Violin, Viola, Cello |
| Commission | Commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra |
| Dedication | (not set) |
| Program Notes | Wir kuessen Ihnen tausendmal die Hènde (We Kiss your hands a thousand times) was commissioned by the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra as part of a series of new works composed for the Orchestra's 1991 Mozart Bicentennial Festival. The title is a salutation with which Mozart usually closed his letters to his father, and the piece itself has something of the texture of a letter: topics are touched upon in varying degrees of detail, and connections between sections result more from free association than structural imperatives. The scoring focuses on three instruments that were arguably Mozart's favorites (at least in the late concerti)--fortepiano, clarinet, and horn--supported by a trio of muted violin, viola, and cello. --Stephen Hartke |
| Title Brand | 2 |
| Year Composed | 1991 |
| Copyright Number | (not set) |
| Copyright Year | (not set) |
| Duration | 9 |
| Ensemble Size | 6 |
| Date Created | 2018-02-18 20:33:19.000000 |
| Date Updated | 2025-09-30 20:33:19 |
| Inhouse Note | sub code 43256 - R00373 |
| Bsc Code | (not set) |
| Text Author | (not set) |
| Premier Performance Memo | (not set) |
| Recording Credits | Recorded by Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Tributes to Mozart, CRI CD 669-2. |
| Review | "...lasts only nine minutes, but carries a mighty emotional wallopÉIt achieves an arching line, exact lyric point and noble sentiments within its first minute, then maintains quiet, apparently inevitable progress through a meditative musical scenario thereafter... it could hardly be more loving, or effective. . ." --Daniel Cariaga, Los Angeles Times |
| Awards | (not set) |
| Title Category | 2 |
| Title Movements | (not set) |
| Title Grade | (not set) |
| Set Series ID | (not set) |
| Title Instrument Category Text | Sextet |
| Title Sub Category Text | (not set) |
| Title Sub Category | -1 |
| Title Instrument Header | 21 |
| Title Grade Text | (not set) |
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