related works
Des Knaben Wunderhorn / 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
Noor : for violin and orchestra / Katia Tiutiunnik
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
vn-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl fg 3h 2tpt 2trb tb timp perc hp cel str
Violinconcerto no. 2 / Oscar van Hemel
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2232 4330 timp 5perc cel hp str vl-solo
Concerto : for violin and orchestra / Benjamin Ashkenazy
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
vl-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 2h 2trp pf perc str
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