Description

Fog is a 90th birthday tribute to Frank Gehry. It is a fantasy around the Bach E major Prelude from Partita in E (BWV 1006), whose harmonic and melodic structure is almost omnipresent, sometimes clearly identifiable, sometimes veiled or completely hidden. This work by Bach was the first piece of music Frank and I heard in the Walt Disney Concert Hall while it was still under construction. Much of the of the harmony is based on Frank’s name: F A G E H (B natural in English).

Esa-Pekka Salonen

1111 1000 01 1, pno, str (11111) [pic, ehn, bcl]

Works for Orchestra or Large Ensemble

For Frank Gehry on his 90th birthday.

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