Classical Composer: | Barber, Samuel |
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Work: | Violin Concerto, Op. 14 |
Year Composed: | 1939 |
Instrumentation: | violin, 2(pic).2.2.2/2200/timp/pf/str |
Publisher: | G. Schirmer, Inc. |
Duration: | 00:23:00 |
Period: | 20th Century |
Work Category: | Concerto |
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The Violin Concerto, Opus 14, was commissioned by Samuel Fels, one of the board of trustees of the Curtis Institute of Music, for Iso Briselli, a child prodigy and student of the famous violin teacher Carl Flesch. Unquestionably one of Barber's most popular works, the three-movement concerto was completed in July 1940 and given its première on 7th February 1941 by the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy, when the soloist was actually the well known violinist Albert Spalding. The almost chamber-like intimacy of the concerto is reflected in the scoring for eight woodwind, two horns, two trumpets, percussion, piano and strings. Dispensing with the customary orchestral introduction the first movement opens with the solo violin stating the principal subject, while the central slow movement similarly begins with an introductory solo, this time played by the oboe. The perpetuum mobile third movement provides a particularly striking finale.
Writer: Peter Quinn
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