english 
deutsch 
français 
Lieferzeit
2-3 Tage
Product Details
Description
The Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli is regarded by many as Michael Tippett’s most perfect work. Tippett took as his starting point Corelli’s Concerto Grosso Op. 6, and describes the Corellia adagio as ‘dark and passionate’ and the ensuing vivace as exploring the brilliance of the violin. The music 'passes to and from between the dark and the light'. It also belongs in formal construction to the Purcell viol fantasies, a sequence of discrete sections of widely contrasted moods, each emerging from each other and building up to a convincing shape, but without the repeats and recapitulations of later music.
'Its radiant climax and the quiet Pastorale that follows are among Tippett’s most inspired pages. This work is Tippett’s mature complement to the Concerto for Double String Orchestra; it is the more complex statement of a composer who in the fifteen years since the Concerto had gained much in wisdom but lost nothing of his gift of lyric spontaneity.' (David Matthews, Michael Tippett: An introductory Study. Faber & Faber)
Fantasia Concertante was famously used as the soundtrack to the 1974 film ‘Akenfield’ by Peter Hall about rural life in Suffolk in the time between the wars: both capture an ecstatic love of timeless beauty.
'Its radiant climax and the quiet Pastorale that follows are among Tippett’s most inspired pages. This work is Tippett’s mature complement to the Concerto for Double String Orchestra; it is the more complex statement of a composer who in the fifteen years since the Concerto had gained much in wisdom but lost nothing of his gift of lyric spontaneity.' (David Matthews, Michael Tippett: An introductory Study. Faber & Faber)
Fantasia Concertante was famously used as the soundtrack to the 1974 film ‘Akenfield’ by Peter Hall about rural life in Suffolk in the time between the wars: both capture an ecstatic love of timeless beauty.
Orchestral Cast
Concertino: str(1.1.0.1.0)
Concerto Grosso: (2.2.1.2.1 minimum)
Concerto Terzo (2.2.1.2.1 minimum)
Concerto Grosso: (2.2.1.2.1 minimum)
Concerto Terzo (2.2.1.2.1 minimum)
More Information
Title:
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
for string orchestra
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Music
Year of composition:
1953
Duration:
16 ′0 ′′
World Premiere:
August 29, 1953 · Edinburgh (UK)
Usher Hall
Edinburgh Festival 1953
Conductor: Michael Tippett · BBC Symphony Orchestra
Usher Hall
Edinburgh Festival 1953
Conductor: Michael Tippett · BBC Symphony Orchestra
Commissioned work :
Commissioned by the Edinburgh Festival
Technical Details
Media Type:
Hire/performance material
Product number:
LSL 4018-01
Manufacturer:
More from this series
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Performances
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Arie van Beek
Orchestra: Rotterdams Conservatorium Orkest
March 24, 2006 |
Rotterdam (Netherlands) , De Doelen
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Arie van Beek
Orchestra: Rotterdams Conservatorium Orkest
March 22, 2006 |
Rotterdam (Netherlands) , De Doelen
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Orchestra: Novosibirsk Chamber Orchestra
March 15, 2006 |
Novosibirsk (Russia)
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: David Curtis
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan
February 11, 2006 |
Bradford-upon-Avon (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Wiltshire Music Centre
19.30 h
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: David Curtis
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan
February 10, 2006 |
Oxford (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , St. Aldate's Church
20.00 h
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Jean-François Rivest
Orchestra: Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra
January 25, 2006 |
Calgary, AB (Canada) , Jack Singer Concert Hall
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Douglas Boyd
Orchestra: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
January 8, 2006 |
Morristown, NJ (United States of America) , Community Theatre
20.00 h
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Douglas Boyd
Orchestra: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
January 7, 2006 |
Red Bank, NJ (United States of America) , Count Basie Theatre
20.00 h
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Douglas Boyd
Orchestra: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
January 6, 2006 |
Princeton, NJ (United States of America) , Richardson Auditorium
20.00 h
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Douglas Boyd
Orchestra: New Jersey Symphony Orchestra
January 5, 2006 |
Englewood, NJ (United States of America) , bergenPAC
20.00 h
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Roger Norrington
Orchestra: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
November 25, 2005 |
Stuttgart (Germany) , Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle, Beethoven-Saal
20.00 Uhr
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Roger Norrington
Orchestra: Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR
November 24, 2005 |
Stuttgart (Germany) , Kultur- und Kongresszentrum Liederhalle, Beethoven-Saal
20.00 Uhr
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
Orchestra: Britten Sinfonia
November 12, 2005 |
Cambridge (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , West Road Concert
20.00 h
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Robert Max
November 9, 2005 |
Egham, Surrey (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Royal Holloway Picture Gallery
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
October 22, 2005 |
St. Louis, MO (United States of America) , Powell Symphony Hall
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Nicholas McGegan
Orchestra: Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra
October 21, 2005 |
St. Louis, MO (United States of America) , Powell Symphony Hall
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Conductor: Barry Wordsworth
Orchestra: Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra
October 2, 2005 |
Brighton (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Brighton Dome Concert Hall
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Orchestra: Kokoro Ensemble
October 1, 2005 |
Christchurch (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , Christchurch Priory
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Brucknerfest Linz 2005
Conductor: Christian Muthspiel
Orchestra: Camerata Academica Salzburg
September 15, 2005 |
Linz (Austria) , Brucknerhaus, Großer Saal
19.30 Uhr
Fantasia Concertante on a Theme of Corelli
Rye Festival 2005
Conductor: Nicholas Cleobury
Orchestra: Orchestra of the Swan
September 4, 2005 |
Rye (United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland) , St. Mary's Church
15.00 h
Reviews
Only registered users can write reviews. Please sign in or create an account.
