With momentum

It was conductor Mariss Jansons who asked Jörg Widmann to compose a concert overture for the performance of Beethoven's 7th and 8th Symphonies. So Widmann wrote for a similar ensemble to Beethoven's at the time, drawing on the timbres and explosiveness of the 7th Symphony. However, the musical elements here appear torn apart – a Beethoven from the shredder. To recall the Seventh's original shock effect, Widmann also includes avant-garde scratchin...