RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Koay, Kheng K.
T1 The Operatic Styles in Jörg Widmann's Viola Concerto
JF Musicologica Olomucensia
YR 2020
VO 32
IS 2
SP 81
OP 99
DO 10.5507/mo.2020.014
UL https://musicologica.upol.cz/artkey/mus-202002-0005.php
AB This study explores Jörg Widmann's operatic compositional approach found in his Viola Concerto (2015). He has created a refreshing and intriguing way of presenting the composition that differs from a conventional concerto. In it, Widmann delivers ideas and new approaches through the visual and auditory senses, allowing audiences to effectively engage in the manner he designed of the fictional world. The music takes on several roles so as to create atmosphere, emotion, dialogues, and abstract protagonists in a "story" he designed. He makes the music as dramatic and as theatrical as possible, giving a new presentation fashion in his concerto, keeping the Concerto genre alive.