Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
"Echo Sonata", for solo violin (1984) -written for the 300th Anniversary of J.S. Bach's birth. First performance on 27 June 1985 in Cologne by Ulf Hoelscher-"Balalaika", for violin solo (1997) -for Maxim Vengerov. First performance on 29 March 1999 in Budapest by Maxim Vengerov-
First performed at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre of Saint Petersburg on 24 February [O.S. 12 February] 1859. George Rochberg – Caprice Variations (1970), 50 variations for solo violin; Michael Romeo – "Concerto in B Minor" is an adaptation of Allegro Maestoso (first movement) of Paganini's Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7.
The violin is primarily used as support for a vocalist, as the sound of a violin complements that of the singer, but is also largely played solo. In solo violin concerts, the violinist is accompanied by percussion instruments, usually the tabla, the mridangam and the ghatam. The violin is also a principal instrument for Indian film music. V.
The first movement, marked Andantino and commencing in 6/8 meter, opens with a lyrical violin melody to be played sognando (dreamily) and pianissimo (very softly) over viola tremolos. The solo violin is joined in dialogue by the flutes, clarinets, and oboes. [ 12 ]
Violin Concerto [unfinished] (1878–80); two of three movements were completed, the first survives; Morton Feldman. Violin and Orchestra (1979) Jacobo Ficher. Concerto for violin and orchestra, Op. 46 (1942) Josef Bohuslav Foerster. Violin Concerto No. 1 in C minor, Op. 88 (1911) Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 104; Wolfgang Fortner
The First Violin Concerto was composed through the campaign against formalism in music, during which Shostakovich was among six composers censured. Because of this hostile environment, Shostakovich kept the concerto unpublished until Stalin's death in March 1953 and the thaw that followed.
The tune is played by the solo violin itself before a short codetta ends the exposition section of the opening movement. The opening two themes are then combined in the development section, where the music builds up to the innovative cadenza , which Mendelssohn wrote out in full rather than allowing the soloist to improvise. [ 6 ]
Other examples are the third movement of Contrasts, by Béla Bartók, where the E string is tuned down to E ♭ and the G tuned to a G ♯, Niccolò Paganini's First Violin Concerto, where all four strings are designated to be tuned a semitone higher, and the Mystery Sonatas by Biber, in which each movement has different scordatura tuning.