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by Georg Friedrich Haas | |
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Period | Contemporary |
Composed | 2000 |
Duration | c. 70 minutes |
Scoring | Orchestra |
Premiere | |
Date | October 29, 2000 |
Location | Funkhaus Wallrafplatz, Cologne |
Conductor | Sylvain Cambreling |
Performers | Klangforum Wien |
in vain is a 2000 composition for 24 instruments by Austrian composer Georg Friedrich Haas. It was premiered on October 29, 2000 by Sylvain Cambreling and the Klangforum Wien and lasts approximately 70 minutes. [1] The piece is one of Haas' best-known works. [2]
in vain was commissioned by the Westdeutscher Rundfunk for Sylvain Cambreling (to whom the work is dedicated) and Klangforum Wien. [1] [3] Haas wrote the piece in response to the rise of the far-right in Austria. [4] [5]
The piece deals extensively with microtonality. [1] The light levels in the hall are specified in the score; some sections of the piece are played in very bright light, and about twenty minutes are played in complete darkness. [1] [5]
The piece is scored for the following ensemble: [1] [3]
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Simon Rattle has hailed in vain as "one of the first masterpieces of the 21st century", [4] [5] and the Austrian newspaper Die Presse has called it a "classic". [6] The piece was named the greatest work of art music since 2000 in a Classic Voice poll. [7]
In his 2007 book The Rest Is Noise , Alex Ross wrote that the piece "may mark a new departure in Austro-German music, joining spectral harmony to a vast Brucknerian structure". [8]
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