Concerto No.1 for Violin and Orchestra in A Minor op.99 from Dmitri Sostakovici Cover Image

Concerto No.1 for Violin and Orchestra in A Minor op.99 from Dmitri Sostakovici
Concerto No.1 for Violin and Orchestra in A Minor op.99 from Dmitri Sostakovici

Author(s): Maria Cristina Bostan
Subject(s): Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Music
Published by: Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov
Keywords: Concerto; Passacaglia; Scherzo; Burlesque; violin;

Summary/Abstract: In Concerto no. 1 for violin and orchestra, the soloist is facing a very difficult page, hich emphasizes all the resources of the instrument, especially when the violin is accompanied by an extensive orchestral ensemble. The score provides, through its structural unity, a wide range of symphonic and concerto elements, as well as content of the forms included in it.Concerto no.1 for violin and orchestra in A minor op.99, has a quadripartite structure and unfolds in an atypical succession of the traditional concerto genre: the first part Moderato-Nocturna, the second part Scherzo (Allegro), the third part Passacaglia (Andante) and the fourth part Burlesque (Allegro con Brio).

  • Issue Year: 11/2018
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 27-40
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: English
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