Tovey’s View of Joachim’s Hungarian Violin Concerto

A traditional four-movement violin concerto might seem a departure from the grime-influenced crossover language of the composer of the infamous Concerto for Turntables (given its Proms premiere in 2011). However, in many ways Gabriel Prokofiev's first Violin Concerto, commissioned by the BBC for Daniel Hope and the Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra, is a highly satisfactory step in the composer's artistic trajectory.

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Knussen - KNUSSEN: Choral; Triptych: Autumnal; Whitman Settings; Secret Psalm; Prayer Bell Sketch; Violin Concerto; Requiem – Songs for Sue; Ophelia's Last Dance. BBCSO, BCMG c. Oliver Knussen, Alexandra Wood, Leila Josefowicz (vlns), Claire Booth (sop), Huw Watkins, Ryan Wigglesworth (pnos). NMC D178.

Tempo ◽

10.1017/s0040298213000685 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 67 (265) ◽

pp. 108-108

Author(s):

Colin Clarke

Keyword(s):

Violin Concerto

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Anna Clyne The Seamstress, Barbican Hall, London; Anna Clyne This Lunar Beauty, Wigmore Hall, London

Tempo ◽

10.1017/s0040298216000061 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 70 (277) ◽

pp. 89-90

Author(s):

Robert Stein

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New York ◽

Symphony Orchestra ◽

Violin Concerto ◽

Chicago Symphony Orchestra

‘Old mythologies’ have been important for some time to Anna Clyne, and they come into play again in two of her most recent works: the violin concerto The Seamstress and her brief Auden setting, This Lunar Beauty, for soprano and ensemble. The young British composer (b. 1980) has for many years been a resident of New York; she studied with Julia Wolfe in Manhattan and since 2010 has been the composer in association with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.

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Violin Concerto

Notes ◽

10.2307/941454 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 46 (3) ◽

pp. 815

Author(s):

Tom Cleman ◽

Henri Lazarof

Keyword(s):

Violin Concerto

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London, Royal Academy of Music: Philippe Hersant

Tempo ◽

10.1017/s0040298204350151 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 58 (228) ◽

pp. 76-76

Author(s):

Jill Barlow

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Royal Academy ◽

Radio Station ◽

Violin Concerto ◽

Andre Jolivet ◽

Paris Conservatoire

Philippe Hersant (b. 1948 in Rome, graduated Paris Conservatoire, studied with André Jolivet), has been working with the French national radio station France-Musique since 1973 and has received many honours as composer in France. In February 2004 Radio France presented a ‘retrospective’ of his prolific output as well as the première of his Violin Concerto, a Radio France commission. His new opera, Le Maine Noir, based on Anton Chekov's story, will be premièred in May 2005.

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Violin Concerto: Circulating Scenery

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10.2307/941561 ◽

1988 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 593

Author(s):

David Cope ◽

Toshi Ichiyanagi

Keyword(s):

Violin Concerto

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Violin Concerto in D Minor; Variations on a Dublin Air for Violin and Orchestra

The Musical Times ◽

10.2307/962591 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 123 (1670) ◽

pp. 264

Author(s):

Robert Anderson ◽

Harty ◽

Holmes ◽

Ulster Orchestra ◽

Bryden Thomson

Keyword(s):

Violin Concerto

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Holliger's Violin Concerto

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10.1017/s0040298205220077 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 59 (231) ◽

pp. 70-70 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Peter Palmer

Keyword(s):

Violin Concerto ◽

Solo Violin

HOLLIGER: Violin Concerto, ‘Hommage à Louis Soutter’. YSAŸE: Sonata op. 27, No. 3, ‘Ballade’ for solo violin. Thomas Zehetmair (vln), SWR Sinfonieorchester c. Heinz Holliger. ECM New Series 476 1941.

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