Edition Schott
Ri-Tratto. for violin solo. violin.

'Ri-Tratto, written on 12 October 2011 as a little birthday present for Hansheinz Schneeberger to whom I owe so many wonderful musical experiences : attempt of a portrait in the form of prelude and fugue on the name of the dedicatee whose inexhaustible thirst for discovery has been an example to me ever since. ' (Heinz Holliger) Instrumentation : violin

Heinz Holliger composed this short work as a condensed prelude with fugue for the birthday of the Swiss violinist Hansheinz Schneeberger. In reference to the dedicatee's name, the head motif consists of the notes E flat, C and B natural. Besetzung : violin