related works
Antiparathesis : for solo violin and orchestra, 2001/2002 / Dimitris Andrikopoulos
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
pic fl fl(pic) 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3trp 3trb tb perc hp cel(pf) str(22.10.8.0.) vl-solo
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2232 4221 timp 2perc cel hp str vl-solo
Concerto carnavalesque : pour violon et orchestre, op. 36 / Luctor Ponse
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2233 sax-a 4331 2perc str vl-solo
Toamna : ballata moldava, per siringa ed orchestra, 1982 / Willem Strietman
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Flute and orchestra; Violin and orchestra; Harmonica and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 sax-a 2110 2perc cel hp str panfl-solo (or other instr)
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