Piano (Piano Solo)
SKU: HL.49046857
Piano Solo.
Composed by Heinz
Holliger. Piano Solo.
Classical. Softcover. 16
pages. Duration 540
seconds. Schott Music
#ED23493. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49046857).
ISBN
9781705162309. UPC:
842819115397.
The
piano gods of my youth
were Dinu Lipatti and
Clara Haskil, both
mysterious, enchanting.
While I only knew Lipatti
from his records, I was
able to see Clara Haskil
live in concert twice, in
Burgdorf and in Lucerne.
Well, I even begged to
get her autograph. er
unerringly precise,
almost weightless playing
has remained my ideal to
this day. My piano piece,
written for the Concours
Clara Haskil, attempts to
trace the lines of her
lonely, pain-stricken
life, marked by
relentless self-criticism
and selflessness. Die
Linien des Lebens sind
verschieden [The lines
of life are different
(Scardanelli/Holderlin)]
Lebenslinien (Life Lines)
is dedicated to Gyorgy
Kurtag on the occasion of
his 95th birthday .Heinz
Holliger.