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
Hymne / gecomponeerd door Alphons Diepenbrock, voor viool en orkest
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2232 2300 timp hp str vl-solo
Vioolconcert no. 2 : 1935 / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
3333 2221 timp perc str vl-solo
Vioolconcert : 1933 / Nico Richter
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2202 2200 timp perc str(8.8.6.5.) vl-solo
composition
Antiparathesis : for solo violin and orchestra, 2001/2002 / Dimitris Andrikopoulos
Author(s):
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