Violin, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-615-3
Composed by Kalevi Aho.
Solo part & piano
reduction. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-615-3.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-615-3).
ISBN
9790550116153.
Kale
vi Aho (b. 1949) composed
Violin concerto No. 2 in
late summer and early
autumn 2015 for the
Finnish violinist Elina
Vahala. Lasting about 32
minutes, the second
concerto is a large-scale
virtuoso work dominated
by the soloist. The
strong-featured first
movement (Allegro) begins
with a fairly short
orchestral introduction
that is followed by the
soloist's first vigorous
statement. Around the
middle of the movement is
a cadenza, and the
movement ends with a
quick stretta. The
soloist dominates the
events in the slow second
movement (Adagio) even
more than it did in the
first. The Adagio begins
with the same opening
motif for the soloist as
the first movement, but
this time the motif is
more lyrical and singing.
Having built up to a
dramatic climax, it
subsides on flageolet
notes and finally sounds
that are somewhere
between musical notes and
noise. The third movement
(Vivace, leggiero) is by
nature dance-like again
and lighter than the
previous ones. At the
end, the tempo
accelerates to a wild,
virtuosic prestissimo.
Piano reduction (2020) by
Kari Vehmanen.
