33 Veränderungen über 33 Veränderungen
New Version 2019 – A Composed Interpretation of Beethoven’s Diabelli-Variations
[ens] 2010/11/19 duration: 57' 2fl(picc.A-fl).2ob(cor ang).2clar.2bsn(dble bsn) – 2hn.2trp.tbne.tuba – 4perc – hp – pno.acc – 2vl.va.vc.db (or choric)
Description
My interpretation of Schubert s Winterreise has at times been misunderstood. On the one hand, the idea arose that such a variation ought to be nostalgic; some traditionalists, on the other hand, understood it as violation of the original. Neither of these is correct, for my interpretation lies exactly on the centre line between these two possibilities. ... I was keen to give this balancing another go. Nietzsche said something like: The relation between the old and the new is always such that the new will destroy the old. There is just one possibility to avoid this: a fearless hovering above the abyss of history. This hovering between the styles we are familiar with implies a particular stimulus, which is able to trigger new experiences, not only for the composer, but also for the listener.
(Hans Zender)
MM 2369149
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Description
Description
My interpretation of Schubert s Winterreise has at times been misunderstood. On the one hand, the idea arose that such a variation ought to be nostalgic; some traditionalists, on the other hand, understood it as violation of the original. Neither of these is correct, for my interpretation lies exactly on the centre line between these two possibilities. ... I was keen to give this balancing another go. Nietzsche said something like: The relation between the old and the new is always such that the new will destroy the old. There is just one possibility to avoid this: a fearless hovering above the abyss of history. This hovering between the styles we are familiar with implies a particular stimulus, which is able to trigger new experiences, not only for the composer, but also for the listener.
(Hans Zender)
World premiere
World premiere: Berlin, November 9, 2011
World premiere of the new version (version for ensemble): Vienna, October 26, 2019
World premiere of the new version (orchestral version): Munich, November 22, 2019
Bibliography
Happy New Ears – Utopie jenseits der Stilsicherheit. Hans Zender im Gespräch mit Lydia Jeschke, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik 172 (2011), Heft 6, pp. 10-13.
33 Veränderungen über 33 Veränderungen. Ein Gespräch von Roland Diry mit Hans Zender / An Interview by Roland Diry with Hans Zender, in: Ensemble Modern Newsletter Nr. 34 (2011), pp. 12-19.
Hiekel, Jörn Peter: Der „moderne“ Beethoven. Reflexe auf sein Komponieren in der neuen Musik, in: Neue Zeitschrift für Musik175 (2014), Heft 4, pp. 34-41.
Nonnenmann, Rainer: Der ewige Revolutionär? Ludwig van Beethoven im gegenwärtigen Komponieren – Teil 1: Orchesterwerke, in: MusikTexte Heft 166 (August 2020), S. 71-79
Nimczik, Ortwin: Über Diabelli-Variationen hinaus. Musik von Hans Zender, Beethoven, Mozart und Uri Caine, in: Musik und Bildung 46 (2014), Heft 3, pp. 34-39.
Zenck, Martin: La relecture de „33 Veränderungen“ sur une valse d’Anton Diabelli de Beethoven par Michel Butor et Hans Zender, in: Unité – Pluralité. La musique de Hans Zender. Colloque Strasbourg 2012, hrsg. von Pierre Michel, Marik Froidefond und Jörn Peter Hiekel, Paris: Hermann 2015, pp. 75-103.
Discography
Ensemble Modern, cond. Hans Zender
CD Ensemble Modern Medien, EMCD-020