Concerto

for viola and string orchestra

viola and string orchestra

Edition: Performance material

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Pēteris Vasks supports the solo part with a string orchestra accompaniment, employing a warm, sonorous tone that is particularly effective during the slow movements. The two central movements pose exciting technical challenges as the soloist is confronted with extended cadenzas in the ‘Allegro moderato’ and the following ‘Andante’. The rhythmically dominated fast movement is demanding for the soloist who plays in almost uninterrupted polyphony.

Content

I Andante
II Allegro moderato
III Andante
IV Adagio

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Title:

Concerto

for viola and string orchestra

Edition:

Performance material

Publisher/Label:

Schott Music

Year of composition:

2014 - 2015

Duration:

35 ′

World Premiere:

May 20, 2016 · Cardiff (UK)
St. David's Hall
Vale of Glamorgan Festival 2016
Maxim Rysanov, viola · Conductor: Edwin Outwater · BBC National Orchestra of Wales

Commissioned work :

Commissioned by BBC Radio, Vale of Glamorgan Festival (with funds provided by The Hinrichsen Foundation) and Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg