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
Vioolconcert no. 2 : 1935 / Henk Badings
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
3333 2221 timp perc str vl-solo
Concerto : per violino e orchestra, 1974, revisione 2003 / John Borstlap
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2323 3220 timp pf str vl-solo
Second Concerto : for violin and orchestra / Robert Groslot
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
3222 4231 Perc(3) Harp Piano/Celesta Strings
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