Violin Concerto
| Instrumentation | Solo violin, 2/2/2/2, 2/0/0/0, timpani, strings |
| Length | 18 minutes |
| Difficulty | Orchestra parts: Medium (3 rehearsals?); Solo part: Difficult |
| Comments | Meant to be playable by most community/semi-pro/pro orchestras |
| Sources | For now from the composer directly. slr3@is2.nyu.edu http://pages.nyu.edu/~slr3/ http://www.dqydjp.com |
| Extras | For now, U.S. premiere available. |
| History | Written 1994 and included as part of Ph.D. dissertation (1995). |
| Contributor | Steven L. Rosenhaus |
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Lute Concerto
| Instrumentation | Solo 7-course lute; 1/1/0/1; 0/0/0/0; 0 perc; 3/3/3/1/1 or 1/1/1/1/1 |
| Length | 12 minutes, in two movements. |
| Difficulty | Solo part: professional level, Orchestra: Can be done by good community or university group |
| Comments | Originally commissioned by an English lutenist, who renegged on performing the solo part at virtually the last minute (a major British orchestra was negotiating terms for the premiere), because the music was not in the style(s) she was used to playing -- music of 1500s to 1750. The language is, however, primarily "20th Century tonal" and quite accessible. The orchestra parts are not all that difficult, but the solo part is idiomatically so. |
| Sources | Music-Print Productions (ASCAP), but you can deal directly with me for now. Contact me at: slr3@is2.nyu.edu |
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| History | Premiere expected March 12, 2000 in Dresden, at the Lautentage 2000, Pat O'Brien as soloist. |
| Contributor | the composer |
| Other | The Lute Concerto is an almost unique addition to the repertoire, by virtue of the solo part alone -- when was the last lute concerto written, anyway? First movement is sort of "New Age" -- but isn't. Second movement is subtitled "'Sonata Samba" -- as in "[It']s[o] not a Samba". |
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