Burlesque for piano and chamber orchestra (op. 13g, 1956)
Instrumentation
Piano and chamber orchestra (1.1.2.1-1.1.0.0-percussion, harp, strings)
Duration: 4 minutes
First Performance
4. Januar 1957 (Erstaufnahme, Aufnahme erhalten Band-Nr. KO-140), Freiburg Kleines Unterhaltungsorchester des SWF / Willi Stech
Autograph
Title: "Burleske" for solo piano + small orchestra - Length: 33 pages - Date: 5 Dec. 56 - Location: Bavarian State Library, Munich
Publisher
Manuscript
Behr, Wolfgang Martin: The small entertainment orchestra of the Südwestfunk under the direction of Willi Stech. Studies on the task and significance of a radio orchestra (1992). Printed: Baden-Baden 1994 (= Südwestfunk, Schriftenreihe Rundfunkgeschichte, Vol. 3).
Instrumental work Opus Catalogue Orchestra Piano and harpsichord Single instrument Solo instrument with chamber orchestra
The Burleske for piano and chamber orchestra op. 13g was commissioned by the small entertainment orchestra Südwestfunk Baden-Baden in 1956. The following year, it was produced for SWF in Freiburg with this orchestra under the direction of Willi Stech, who also took on the solo part. The concise and witty concert piece is beautifully orchestrated and characterised by brisk changes of time signature, which always come to rest in a little waltz melody.