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Hamburg Concerto
Hamburg Concerto (Hamburgisches Konzert) for solo horn to enrich the sound further, the two clarinettists
and chamber orchestra with 4 obbligato natural horns is play basset horns. Even though it is replete with
one of György Ligeti’s last works, composed in 1998-99 spectra of strange beats, the resulting overall sound
and revised in 2003. is soft and mellow.
The work was commissioned by the ZEIT-founda-
tion[1], expressing the special wish that it should be asso- The name of the work was chosen in analogy to Bach’s
ciated with the city of Hamburg[2]. It is dedicated to the Brandenburg Concertos (Brandenburgische Konzerte), Ligeti
German horn player Marie Luise Neunecker, who pre- saw the naming as a dedication:[2]
miered the original six movements with the Asko Ensem-
ble in January 2001 in Hamburg (the place of the pre- The ”ZEIT“ foundation which commissioned the
miere being another special wish from the ZEIT-founda- work had the special wish that the World Première
tion).[2] should take place in Hamburg and the movement
The final revision is cast in seven movements: titles also be associated with the city. I thought to
1. Praeludium myself: Bach dedicated his wellknown six Concer-
2. Signale, Tanz, Choral ti grossi to the Margrave of Brandenburg – why
3. Aria, Aksak, Hoketus should I not dedicate my horn concerto to the Free
4. Solo, Intermezzo, Mixtur, Kanon Hanseatic City of Hamburg?
5. Spectra
6. Capriccio Notes
7. Hymnus
György Ligeti wrote about his work:[3] [1] ZEIT-foundation official website
[2] ^ "Hamburg Concerto". Schott Music.
In this piece I experimented with very unusual non- http://www.schott-music.com/shop/products/
harmonic sound spectra. In the small orchestra show,165679,,f.html. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
there are four natural horns, each of which can [3] (2003) "György Ligeti on his Works" (CD liner).
produce the 2nd to the 16th overtone. By providing Release notes for The Ligeti Project, Vol. IV by György
each horn or group of horns with different funda- Ligeti. Teldec Classics (8573-88263-2).
mentals I was able to construct novel sound spec-
tra from the resulting overtones. These harmonies, External links
which had never been used before, sound "weird"
in relation to harmonic spectra. I developed both Study score published by Schott Musik International,
"weird" consonant and dissonant harmonies, with Mainz, Germany
complex beats. Horns blend very well together, and
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