Work Information
Karel Husa : Fresque (revised version)
Programme Note
Fresque for Orchestra is the first part of a larger work by Karel Husa called Three Fresques for Orchestra. Husa composed the work while studying in Paris from 1946-1947 with the French composer Arther Honegger. Fresque for Orchestra is a 1963 revised version of the original work.
Reviews
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The concerto opened with three of Husa’s compositions: “Fresques,” and “Two Sonnets from Michelangelo” titled “The Night” and “To God.” All three are powerful works, and show that Husa is a genius at working with orchestral color, or timbres.... "Fresques" (Fresco) is music composed of large dimensions and large gestures, the same as a fresco is painted on a large area with large brushstrokes.
Marnie Ross, Greensboro Daily News, 15/07/1973
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What ended a memorable evening began on some extremely solid footing. Karel Husa’s “Fresque for Orchestra,” an exciting piece recalling several influences including Honegger’s, was treated to a surging display of precision, force and intoxicating lyricism.
, Cornell Daily Sun, 03/12/1971
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