Partita (Widmann)

Partita, five reminiscences for large orchestra is a collection of musical pieces by Jörg Widmann.

[2][7] A bass clarinet solo, playing an endless melody line, dominates the opening, followed by a section with Wagner tubas.

The "melancholic"[8] second reminiscence Andante cites Mendelssohn's Clarinet Sonata (2nd movement), but starts with an English horn solo.

[2] The last reminiscence, a chaconne, starts with a modern decatonic scale,[a] played by an alto flute.

[13][14] Peter Korfmacher of Leipziger Volkszeitung wrote: "overripe opulence" ("überreife Üppigkeit")[15] and "infinitely long, infinitely beautiful woodwind lines" ("unendlich lange unendlich schöne Holzbläser-Linien").

Gewandhaus Leipzig in 2011