1977 – a Violin Concerto

Name: 1977 – a Violin Concerto
Brand: Schott Music
SKU: 447125
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for violin and orchestra

Edition: Performance material

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Description

In this 12-part Violin Concerto, written for Pekka Kuusisto, the soloist transports the listener through one year. Each part of the concerto reflects one month and a real-life event in the year of 1977. These events provide a sort of libretto for the work, which together with the music creates a broader story about the human condition, the random nature of life, love, trials and tribulations and, perhaps above all, survival. Sebastian Hilli

Orchestral Cast

2 (2. auch Picc.) · 2 · 2 (2. auch Bassklar.) · 2 - 2 · 2 · 2 · 1 - P. S. (I: Glsp. · Marimba · Crash-Beck. · Ride-Beck. · Hi-hat · kl. Tr. · Kick Drum; II: Vibr. · Tamb. · gr. Tr. · Cabasa) (2 Spieler) - Hfe. · Klav. - Str.

Content

January: Snow falls in Miami
February: Show me the way to go home
March: Tenerife disaster
April: The Mothers - May: A New Hope
June: Seventh Lightning - July: I Feel Love - August: Can’t Help Falling in Love - September: Guillotine - October: Love! Love! Love! - November: The spark that lit a veld fire - December: Staying Alive

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Title:

1977 – a Violin Concerto

for violin and orchestra

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2023

Duration:

37 ′0 ′′

World Premiere:

May 21, 2025 · Helsinki (FIN)
Musiikkitalo
Pekka Kuusisto, violin · Conductor: Nicholas Collon · YLE Radion sinfoniaorkesteri (Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra)

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by the Finnish Broadcasting Company YLE, BBC Radio 3 and Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra

Keywords:

#history #popular culture #1977 #months