Konzert für Viola und Orchester
(Viola Concerto) (2016-2017)2(II=picc)2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2(II=dbn)-4.3.3.1-timp.perc(3-4):crot/xylorimba/vib/t.bells/gongs/sleigh bells/tamb/tpl.bl/tom-t/BD/cyms/tam-t-harp-pft-strings(10-12.10-12.8.8.6)
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Boosey & Hawkes Bote & Bock
Philharmonie, Köln
Tabea Zimmermann, viola / Gürzenich-Orchester Köln / François-Xavier Roth
"It's a real concerto, and that means above all it is written for and not against the instrument... the viola’s dialogue with the orchestra or its individual groups is fascinating and imaginative - there are beautiful reciprocated motivic exchanges.”
Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger
“Höller has composed a delicate concerto for viola and large orchestra, adopting the classical three-movement form of fast-slow-fast, with a chaconne underpinning the elegiac middle movement composed in response to Pierre Boulez's death..."
Online Music Magazin