Violin, Viola and
Orchestra
SKU:
BT.EMBZ14392
Composed
by Gyorgy Kurtag. Book
Only. Composed 2005. 56
pages. Editio Musica
Budapest #EMBZ14392.
Published by Editio
Musica Budapest
(BT.EMBZ14392).
The 24 minutes
long work consists of a
single enormous movement
(...fantasia...) and a
coda containing two parts
(coda: recitativo ed
epilogo). The range of
tone colour in the
composition is
undoubtedly the key
element in its
effectiveness, Kurtág
luxuriates in the
possibilities offered by
the two solo instruments
and the huge orchestra.
His instrumentation is
magical, the
exceptionally big
percussion section is
enriched with the
incomparable sound of a
new instrument, the steel
drum. The concertante was
premiered in 2003 in
Copenhagen by Hiromi
Kikuchi, Ken Hakii and
the Danish Radio Symphony
Orchestra, conducted by
Michael Schonwand. In
2006, this work won the
University ofLouisville
Grawemeyer Award for
Music Composition.The
performance rights of the
violin and viola solo
parts have been reserved
for Hiromi Kikuchi and
Ken Hakii.
