(Evening sounds), WAB 110, is a character piece for violin and piano, which Anton Bruckner composed in 1866.
History
Bruckner composed the piece on 7 June 1866. He dedicated it to Hugo von Grienberger, a civil servant in the district court. It is not known when the piece was performed.U. Harten, p. 42C. van Zwol, p. 681C. Howie, Chapter III: p. 122
The original manuscript is stored in the archive of the . A facsimile of it was first published in Band I, pp. 104–105 of the Göllerich/Auer biography. The work is issued in , Band XII/7.
Music
The 36-bar long work in E minor is scored for violin and piano. Of the 36 bars only 14 (bars 17-20 and 23-32) are played by the violin.
Discography There are three recordings of Abendklänge: Josef Sabaini (violin), Thomas Kerbl (piano), Anton Bruckner Chöre/Klaviermusik – CD: LIVA 034, 2009 Wolfgang Göllner (violin), Albert Sassmann (piano), 5 aus Österreich – CD: KKV RecordsThis performance by can also be heard on YouTube: Abendklänge Alexander Knaak (violin), Daniel Linton-France (piano) in: Bruckner, Anton – Böck liest Bruckner II – CD: Gramola 99237, 2020
References
Sources August Göllerich, Anton Bruckner. Ein Lebens- und Schaffens-Bild, – posthumous edited by Max Auer by G. Bosse, Regensburg, 1932 Anton Bruckner – Sämtliche Werke, Band XII/7: Abendklänge for violin and piano, Musikwissenschaftlicher Verlag der Internationalen Bruckner-Gesellschaft, Walburga Litschauer (editor), Vienna, 1995 Cornelis van Zwol, Anton Bruckner 1824–1896 – Leven en werken, uitg. Thoth, Bussum, Netherlands, 2012. Uwe Harten, Anton Bruckner. Ein Handbuch. , Salzburg, 1996. . Crawford Howie, Anton Bruckner - A documentary biography, online revised edition
External links
Abendklänge e-Moll, WAB 110 Critical discography by Hans Roelofs Live performances: Laurens Weinhold (violin) and Philipp Scheucher (piano) on 17 August 2020 at the St. Florianer Brucknertage:St. Florianer Brucknertage 2020 Abendklänge YuEun Gemma Kim (violin) and Alexander Maria Wagner (piano) at 1:14:10 of Jubiläumskonzertreihe 1 : Alte & neue Fantasien (13 March 2024) So Hyun Joey Park (violin) and Shinjun Rafael Kim (piano): Anton Bruckner's Abendklänge Hsin-Yun Chiang (violin) and Hanna Yang (piano): Anton BrucknerㅣAbendklänge, WAB 110