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
Kleine symfonie : voor solo viool en kamerorkest, 1989 / Henk Alkema
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 2000 timp str vl-solo
Concerto NÂș 2 [Dreamscape Voyage] : for violin and orchestra / John Borstlap
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
vn-solo 2fl 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg 4h 2tpt timp perc str
2nd violin concerto : for solo violin and orchestra, 1996 / Hanna Kulenty
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
4fl 4ob 4cl 3fg fg(cfg) 6h 4trp 4trb tb timp 2perc hp pf str(16.14.12.10.8.) vl-solo
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