Violin
SKU:
HL.242899
Violin
Solo Part. Composed
by Philip Glass. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2017.
24 pages. Chester Music
#DU1116501. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.242899).
UPC:
888680953126. 9x12.25
inches.
This is the
violin solo part of
Philip Glass's wonderful
Violin Concerto No.
2 “American
Four Seasons.” The
piece was commissioned by
Toronto Symphony
Orchestra and London
Philharmonic Orchestra,
among others, the world
premiere was held in
Toronto on December 9th
2009, conducted by Peter
Oundjian. At this
premiere, the violinist
was Robert McDuffie, for
whom the Concerto was
composed. During the
summer and autumn of
2009, Glass composed this
work after many years of
exchanges with McDuffie.
His idea of creating a
work that would be
influenced by, and an
accompaniment to
Vivaldi's The Four
Seasons.
Interestingly, Glass has
provided no indication in
the score of where each
season falls, making it
open for interpretation
by the performers or the
audience.
