Par WAGNER RICHARD. Editeur(s) d'origine: Hutschenruyter, Wouter/ Répertoire / Orchestre

Vl2. Par WAGNER RICHARD. Editeur(s) d'origine: Hutschenruyter, Wouter/ Répertoire / Orchestre

Par WAGNER RICHARD. Vorspiel Zum 3. Akt, Tanz Der Lehrbuben, Aufzug Der Meistersinger Und Gruß An Hans Sachs/ Répertoire / Orchestre

Harm. Par WAGNER RICHARD. Editeur(s) d'origine: Hutschenruyter, Wouter/ Répertoire / Orchestre

This opera is unusual in that is the only comedy among Wagner’s mature operas (he having come to reject his early Das Liebesverbot) and is his only opera centered on a historically well-defined time and place rather than a mythical or legendary setting.

The piece for string orchestra Infinite Melody is dedicated to the great shadows in Bayreuth Wagner and Liszt. An evocative miniature like a style study it was requested by youth ensembles participating in the artistic festival in this city. A polyphonic technique involving immanent sounds is used which was also used in The Modal Column. The passage of the melodic relief from one group of instruments to another induces a feeling of perpetual quest. From Wagner and Liszt’s infinite melody a few external characteristic aspects are employed: 1. the grupetto which tends to amplify the importance of a sound and 2. the Auftakt fromthe beginning of each phrase as in Tristan and Isolde At the climax of the piece an impact with a few authentic themes takes place cited from Wagner (Siegfried-Idylle) and Liszt respectively (Faust-Symphonie).