Hamburg Concerto
Hamburg Concerto for solo horn and chamber orchestra with four obbligato natural horns is one of György Ligeti's last works, composed in 1998–99 and revised in 2003.
The work was commissioned by the ZEIT-Foundation, expressing the special wish that it should be associated with the City of Hamburg. It is dedicated to the German horn player Marie Luise Neunecker, who premiered the original six movements with the Asko Ensemble in January 2001 in Hamburg.
The final revision is cast in seven movements:
György Ligeti wrote about his work:
The name was chosen in analogy to Bach's Brandenburg Concertos, Ligeti saw the naming as a dedication:
