related works
Study for two violins : (rhythmic patterns), 1960 / Rudolf Escher
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Violin
Scoring:
2vl
Perpetual movement : for 13 solo-strings and tape, 1979 / Jurriaan Andriessen
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Other combinations of string instruments; String orchestra
Scoring:
8vl 2vla 2vc cb tape
Sei sinfonie a più stromenti : Sinfonia VI / Antonio Mahaut
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra
Scoring:
str(vl vla bc)
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
String orchestra
Scoring:
str
composition
Concerto voor strijkorkest : for string orchestra and timpani, (1947-48) / Rudolf Escher
Other authors:
Escher, Rudolf
(Composer)
Contains:
Canto appassionato
Rondo mediterraneo
Ciaccona epica
Description:
Program note (English): I wished to treat the string instruments first of all as vocal instruments. This conception conditioned the formal principle of the composition: the sequence slow - quick - slow. The form of the three movements can be described as a non-strophic ("durchkomponiert") song, a great Rondo and a Chaconne (Variations). In the first and in the last movement timpani have been added to the string body, which reveal neither thematic nor "Concertante" significance, but merely as an ornamental function. - RUDOLF ESCHER