Homage to Ligeti
Amos Elkana
About this work:
This piece is composed for the same exact instrumentation as Ligeti's own Chamber Concerto. I have always admired Gyorgy Ligeti. I spent many hours studying his music and especially his Chamber Concerto for 13 instrumentalists. Ligeti died while I was working on this piece and I decided to make this work my homage to him.
Hommage à Ligeti was composed using a compositional method that is inspired by the idea of Fractals. A series of four numbers (5,6,4,4) dictate the micro and macro structure of the work. This method of composition can organize not only the structure of a piece but also its pitch material, rhythmic material and more but, even if strictly applied, it leaves much room for intuition on the part of the composer.
Premiered on Nov. 21, 2008 in Berlin by the Konzerthausorchester Berlin, conducted by Ferenc Gabor
Year composed: 2007
Duration: 00:10:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Other Combinations, 10+ players
Instrumentation: 1 Flute, 1 Oboe, 1 Clarinet, 1 Bass Clarinet, 1 Horn in F, 1 Trombone, 1 Piano, 1 Harpsichord, 1 Celesta, 2 Violin, 1 Viola, 1 Cello, 1 Double bass, 1 Other Keyboard Instrument(s)
Instrumentation notes: Piano is doubling on Celesta, Harpsichord is doubling on Hammond or Harmonium