Violin y 15 instrumentos
de cuerdo (violin and 15
string instruments)
SKU: BO.B.3430
Composed by Xavier
Benguerel. Instrumental
Sets. Duration 20:00.
Published by Editorial de
Musica Boileau
(BO.B.3430).
The Geminis
Concertino was written in
2005 and dedicated to
Gerard Claret and the
National Chamber
Orchestra of Andorra
(ONCA).
The work, as
its name implies, is a
small-scale concerto for
violin and 15 string
instruments. Its score is
basically a chamber piece
in which the solo part
never takes an overly
virtuoso role. Conceived
as a single movement,
played without
interruption, its
internal construction
consists of three classic
sections: A, bars 1-72,
B, bars 73-161, and C,
from bar 162 to the end
of the piece. Part B
begins with the two
opening measures of Bela
Bartok's Violin Concerto
simply as a reminder of a
composer and a work that
has impressed me since I
was very young.I should
confess that the entire
Geminis Concertino has a
certain Bartokian air
that I attribute to the
love I have always
professed for this
composer and that lately
seems to affect me much
as it did in my
youth.
--The author.
Barcelona, march
2006
Comentarios
del Espanol: Concertino
Geminis es una obra
escrita el ano 2005, que
dedique a Gerard Claret y
a la Orquestra de Cambra
de Andorra.
La
obra, como su nombre
indica, es un pequeno
concierto para violin y
15 instrumentos de
cuerda, sin que la parte
solista tome nunca un
papel excesivamente
virtuosistico, ya que la
partitura tiene un
caracter eminentemente
cameristico. Concebida en
un solo tiempo y, por lo
tanto, interpretada sin
interrupcion, su
construccion interna la
constituyen los tres
movimientos clasicos: A,
del compas 1 al 72; B,
del compas 73 al 161; y
C, del compas 162 al
final. La parte B
comienza con los dos
primeros compases del
Concierto para violin de
Bela Bartok, simplemente
como recuerdo de un
compositor y de una obra
que, ya desde muy joven,
me
impresionaron.
Debo
confesar que entiendo que
todo el Concertino
Geminis adquiere un
cierto aire bartokiano,
que atribuyo al amor que
siempre he profesado por
ese autor y que
ultimamente vuelve a
estar presente, igual
como lo estuvo en mi
juventud.
--El autor.
Barcelona, marzo de
2006
