related works
Des Knaben Wunderhorn : Version with nine songs / Gustav Mahler, arr. Dimitris Andrikopoulos
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and large ensemble
Scoring:
voice 1111 1100 3perc hp pf harm 3perc 2vl vla vc cb
Geestgronden : vioolconcert, 2001 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4220 3perc 2hp pf el.cb str vl-solo
Concert voor viool met begeleiding van orkest / Jan Pouwels
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 3230 timp perc str vl-solo
Concerto per due violini e orchestra : (1966-1967) / Berend Giltay
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
3222 4231 timp perc str 2vl-solo
composition
Antiparathesis : for solo violin and orchestra, 2001/2002 / Dimitris Andrikopoulos
Other authors:
Andrikopoulos, Dimitris
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): 'Antiparathesis' (Contradistinction) is a piece that I worked on last two years of my studies. I was always fascinated by the orchestra as a living organism and its inner dynamism. In Antiparathesis I tried more to explore these dynamics and their relationship to an external element, the solo violin. A relationship varying throughout the piece, being mainly the solo violin as an observer, sometimes commenting, agreeing and other times trying to survive the even brutal forces of the orchestra. This antithetic relationship I tried also to use in the form of the piece with sections contradicting each other, arriving to the core of the piece, the part of the solo Violin with percussion, a section that replaces the traditional Cadenza. Even with this part reminding to a Cadenza, Antiparathesis doesn't have the form of a traditional Violin concerto. After this section, the violin is the main character, the narrator that tells his story. But this is also not for long, the orchestra
takes over and the only thing that remains for the solo to survive is a scream. - DIMITRIS ANDRIKOPOULOS