Violin and orchestra (solo: vl - 2.2.2.2 - 2.2(or 2corn).0.0 - timp - str) SK...(+)
Violin and orchestra
(solo: vl - 2.2.2.2 -
2.2(or 2corn).0.0 - timp
- str)
SKU:
BR.PB-15155
Urtext. Composed
by Camille Saint-Saens.
Edited by Peter Jost.
Orchestra; stapled.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library).
In
Cooperation with G. Henle
Verlag
Solo concerto;
Romantic; Late-romantic.
Full score. 40 pages.
Duration 9'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #PB 15155.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel
(BR.PB-15155).
ISBN
9790004215609. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Many
well-known violinists
such as the dedicatee
Pablo de Sarasate,
together later with
Eugene Ysaye and Jacques
Thibaud, included in
their repertoires Camille
Saint-Saens' concert
piece composed in 1863.
Even today, concert life
is hard to imagine
without the Introduction
et Rondo capriccioso. The
highly virtuosic work
already inspired critics
and audiences during the
composer's lifetime;
reported about the
premiere in 1867 was: The
Introduction and the
Rondo capriccioso for the
same instrument are both
original and charming,
and Maestro Sarasate, who
was in his element here,
admirably made the most
of it. And a few years
later, a music critic
described the work as a
kind of fantasy waltz in
the Spanish style and
with a most bewitching
effect. After the first
performances in 1867,
despite success, the
work's score and
orchestral parts had
little chance of
publication due to
concert companies'
reluctance. In 1869 the
Paris publishing house G.
Hartmann merely published
an arrangement for violin
and piano produced by the
composer's friend Georges
Bizet. The orchestral
score and parts were
first published after the
Paris publishing house
Durand had acquired
publication rights in
1875. The present edition
published in
collaboration with the G.
Henle Verlag is the first
critical edition of the
work.
Violin and Orchestra (Score) SKU: HL.14008396 Composed by Sir Peter Maxwe...(+)
Violin and Orchestra
(Score)
SKU:
HL.14008396
Composed
by Sir Peter Maxwell
Davies. Music Sales
America. Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
1999. 112 pages. Chester
Music #CH55780. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14008396).
ISBN
9780711921337.
8.5x12.0x0.533
inches.
This work
was commissioned by the
Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra to celebrate
its 40th birthday. The
first performance took
place in June 1986 at St.
Magnus' Cathedral,
Kirkwall, as part of the
tenth St. Magnus
Festival. Written for and
first performed by Isaac
Stern, Davies's Violin
Concerto brings together
two streams in his music:
symphonism and
folk-fiddling. In its
strongly developed
substance, it asks to be
measured in the company
of Beethoven, Brahms and
Sibelius, while there is
also, particularly in the
middle movement, a strong
element of the Scots
lament. The orchestra is
generally muted in
colour, though there is a
dramatic role for the
timpanist. There are
three movements, played
without a break - this is
only one of many
connections with the
Mendelssohn Violin
Concerto. Duration c.
30mins.