Sonate As-Dur WWV 85 - für Mathilde Wesendonck (443.11.Pk.Sz) (Neuheit Ensemble)

Sonate As-Dur WWV 85 - für Mathilde Wesendonck (443.11.Pk.Sz) (Neuheit Ensemble) For brass ensemble - score 48 p. & parts. In the audio sample, you can listen to excerpts from this piece. The Piano Sonata that Wagner composed in the summer of 1853 is a lesser-known work created for Mathilde Wesendonck, the artistic wife of a prosperous silk merchant. Their impossible love affair served as inspiration for Wagners later masterpiece, Tristan und Isolde. Originally titled Eine Sonate für das Album von Frau M.W., the Sonata in A-flat Major represents a significant preparatory study for Wagners four-part cycle, Der Ring des Nibelungen. The core themes of the Sonata, are closely related to Wagners Todesverkündungs-Motiv and other motifs from the Ring. This sonata, in an arrangement for brass ensemble, serves as a modest counterpart to Wagners instrumental masterpiece, the Siegfried Idyll. In the world of horn and brass ensemble music from the 18th and 19th centuries, original high-quality ensemble repertoire appears to be scarce. Additionally, students and advanced amateurs are rarely given the opportunity to perform important Romantic symphonic works by Bruckner, Mahler etc. and Wagners great operas in their original versions. Orchestral part studies with only the original parts, and above all, a lot of rest are not always inspiring. For this reason, throughout his extensive career as a horn pedagogue, Herman Jeurissen wrote a considerable number of arrangements. These include shorter compositions by the great masters, allowing for an accessible introduction to their style and writing.