Ausklang (German for 'concluding sound') is a work for piano and orchestra composed by Helmut Lachenmann in 1984/1985.
It is a commission by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk. Lachenmann dedicated his work to pianist Yukiko Sugawara. [1]
Ausklang was premiered on 18 April 1986 in Cologne by Massimiliano Damerini (piano) and the WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne conducted by Péter Eötvös.
A performance takes about 50 minutes.
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