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Violin Concerto

composer: Fazil Say

"1001 Nights in the Harem"

Commissioned work: Auftragswerk des Luzerner Sinfonieorchesters
Premiere: February 20, 2008 Luzern, Konzerthaus (CH) · Patricia Kopatchinskaja, Violine · Conductor: John Axelrod · Luzerner Sinfonieorchester
Instrumentation: violin and orchestra
Orchestra instrumentation: Picc. · 2 · 1 · Engl. Hr. · 2 · 1 · Kfg. - 4 · 2 · 1 · 1 - P. S. (Vibr. · Marimba · hg. Beck. · Tamb. · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr. · Rototoms · Kudüm · Darbuka · Barchimes · Woodbl.) (4 Spieler) - Hfe. · Cel. - Str.
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 28' 0''
Year of composition: 2007
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"My Violin Concerto consists of four movements whose inspiration is loosely connected with Scheherazade’s One Thousand and One Nights. The first movement is set inside the harem; a variety of women from the harem are introduced, each with her own different personality. The second movement is a frenzy of dance – in effect a party night with an abundance of different types of dance music. The third movement depicts the next morning and consists primarily of variations on a well-known Turkish song. The fourth movement begins dramatically, but develops during the course of the movement more and more into a reminiscence of all the previous events and the work culminates dreamily in a happy mood with sensuous oriental sounds.
As appropriate for an oriental soundscape, the orchestra includes a series of Turkish percussion instruments such as a kudüm or bendir, but also glockenspiel, marimba und vibraphone, celesta and harp. It is however the solo violin which tells the story and also accompanies the listener through the entire work. The violin part is highly virtuoso and unites the four movements into an intensely atmospheric whole in which the solo violin soars off into a solo cadenza between each movement, sometimes accompanied by one of the percussion instruments" Fazil Say


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Content

I Allegro · Cadenza - II Allegro assai · Cadenza - III Andantino - IV (ohne Satzbezeichnung) · Coda (Andantino)

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1001 Nights in the Harem  (2009)

Fazil Say

Patricia Kopatchinskaja (violin) · Luzerner Sinfonieorchester · John Axelrod (conductor)
NAÏVE V 5147
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June 15th, 2012

Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder) - Howard Griffiths Konzerthalle \"C. Ph. E. Bach\" - Frankfurt/Oder - Germany

June 16th, 2012

Brandenburgisches Staatsorchester Frankfurt (Oder) - Howard Griffiths Nikolaisaal - Potsdam - Germany

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ED 20539 = piano reduction with solo part

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