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
Bruegel Violinconcerto : for violin and orchestra, 2000/2001 / Peter van Onna
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
3333 4221 3perc hp str vl-solo
Violin concerto : 1991-1992 / Jurriaan Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4331 timp 3perc str vl-solo
Bucha. Lacrimosa : for violin and chamber orchestra / Victoria Poleva
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
vl-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl 2fg 3h 2trp 2trb timp vib pf 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