By James McLeod. Orchestra Method/Study. Night in Vienna. Level: Grade 4. Music Book. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

Cello and Orchestra

SKU: HL.14023249

Composed by Arne Nordheim. Music Sales America. Classical. Score. 46 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH29746. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14023249).

ISBN 9788759861981. 11.75x16.5x0.45 inches. English.

Tenebrae (1982), a single-movement cello concerto, commissioned and premiered by Rostropovich who praised the composer for his fine understanding and command of the rich timbre of the instrument. It is a convincing and almost nightmarish work containing music which leaves a tremendous impact on the listener. Not least in the central section where ghastly and terrifying apparitions are invoked out of the darkness. The final poetical section of the work is directly inspired by the description of the closing movement of Leverkuhn's Cantata in Thomas Mann's Doktor Faustus.