Score (Study Score)
SKU: HL.49045775
Study Score.
Composed by Kurt Weill.
Study Score. Classical.
Softcover. Universal
Edition #UE35538.
Published by Universal
Edition (HL.49045775).
ISBN 9783702471132.
UPC: 803452068235.
7.0x10.0x0.436
inches.
Kurt Weill
developed his creative
energies mainly within
the world of musical
theater, where he proved
to be an immensely
productiveand imaginative
innovator, but he also
left behind a small body
of work for the concert
hall. The Concerto for
Violin and Wind Orchestra
op. 12 dates from the
spring of 1924. Scored
for two flutes,
clarinets, bassoons,
horns, one oboe and
trumpet, percussion and
four contrabasses, the
concerto comprises three
movements. While
composing the work, Weill
informed his publisher:
'I am workingon a
concerto for violin and
wind orchestra that I
hope to finish within two
or three weeks. The work
is inspired by the idea -
one never carried out
before - of juxtaposing a
single violin with a
chorus of winds.' The
specific character of
Weill's concerto as music
written for chamber
orchestra (with an often
soloistic treatment of
instruments) leads to a
transparency that
requires utmost precision
in the ensemble playing.
In the quest for an
overall sonic balance,
the coarser-sounding wind
instruments need to
explore all dynamic
nuances. The solo part is
challenging not only from
a technical standpoint
but also from an acoustic
one (it is crucial to
make the violin 'sound').
In spite of these
challenges - or precisely
because of them - critics
in the 1920s called the
solo parthighly idiomatic
and extremely rewarding.
Since then the concerto
has become a 'modern
classic' in concert halls
around the world. (Elmar
Juchem, August 2010). The
score is based on the
critical text of the Kurt
Weill Edition Ser. II,
Vol. 2.
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