Goldschmidt, Berthold: Suite op. 5 (1923/27) 24'
for orchestra

Scoring
2(II=picc).2.2(II=Ebcl).bcl.2-2.2.1.1-timp.perc(4):glsp/tgl/SD/tamb/cyms/tam-t/BD-strings

Repertoire Note  


Like Goldschmidt’s Passacaglia and Partita, this engaging work was considered lost for nearly seventy years until it was unearthed in a publisher’s archive in Vienna in 1994. It has all the hallmarks of the early Goldschmidt: vibrant energy, contrapuntal skill and virtuoso orchestration combined with a sharp wit. In six short movements and scored for a small orchestra, the Suite includes a vigorous March (in 5/4!), a desolate and haunting Sarabande, a mordant ‘wrong-note’ Gavotte and concludes with a bracing, driving Tarantella.