European American Music Distributors Company is a member of the Schott Music Group

Christian Jost's Lontano doloroso Premiered in Switzerland by The Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn, led by Yannis Pouspourikas with soloist Dominick Wollenweber

Jun. 28, 2024

The Sinfonie Orchester Biel Solothurn, led by Yannis Pouspourikas, performed the world premiere of Christian Jost's Lontano doloroso for cor anglais and orchestra with soloist, Dominik Wollenweber on June 12 at the Kongresshaus in Biel, Switzerland. The composer notes:

"Over the course of a life as a composer, the compositional ideal ‘less is more’ resurfaces intermittently. Some works are not at all interested in this maxim and others are magically attracted by the concept of paring down to bare essentials. My Lontano doloroso for cor anglais and orchestra is one of these works in which even the solo instrument only represents a vision of the solo concerto genre, being composed exclusively for its expressivity rather than virtuosity. The orchestral forces featuring two horns, two clarinets, strings and a vibraphone also speak a highly concentrated language. Expressivity is entirely focused on somewhere far away. This is music with a focus on melancholic grief and an essence of extended, empathetic lines leading to a point of contact with the cumulative orchestral harmonies."

Listen to Christian Jost's "Ich grolle nicht" from Dichterliebe (2017), based on Dichterliebe, op. 48 by Robert Schumann on texts by Heinrich Heine:

"Ich grolle nicht" from Dichterliebe/Christian Jost/Horenstein Ensemble/Peter Lodahl, tenor

To learn more about Christian Jost, visit schott-music.com.

Christian Jost
Lontano doloroso (2023)
for cor anglais and orchestra
0.0.2.0-2.0.0.0-vibr-str
18'

News