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On the occasion of Sacher's 70th birthday, twelve composer-friends of his ( Conrad Beck, Luciano Berio, Pierre Boulez, Benjamin Britten, Henri Dutilleux, Wolfgang Fortner, Alberto Ginastera, Cristóbal Halffter, Hans Werner Henze, Heinz Holliger, Klaus Huber and Witold Lutosławski ) were asked by Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich to write compositions for cello solo using his name spelt out in musical notes as the theme ( eS, A, C, H, E, Re ).
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On the occasion of Paul Sacher's 70th birthday, Holliger was one of twelve composer-friends of his who were asked by Russian cellist Mstislav Rostropovich to write compositions for cello solo using his name spelt out in German names for musical notes on the theme ( eS, A, C, H, E, Re ); Holliger contributed a Chaconne for Violoncello Solo.
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