related works

Syntaxis II : voor symphonieorkest / Ton de Leeuw

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Orchestra
Scoring: 3fl fl(pic) 4ob 4cl 4rfg 4h 4trp 4trb tb 3perc hp pf(cel) str

Concert voor drie violen en orkest : op. 78 / Géza Frid

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Scoring: 3222 4331 timp 4perc hp str 3vl-solo

Geestgronden : vioolconcert, 2001 / Chiel Meijering

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Scoring: 2222 4220 3perc 2hp pf el.cb str vl-solo

Violin Concerto 'Out of the Deep' : for violin and orchestra / Joey Roukens

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Scoring: vn-solo 3fl(picc) 2ob eh 2cl cl-b 2fg cfg 4h 3tpt 3trb tb timp 3perc hp pf/cell str

composition

Vioolconcert II : 1961 / Ton de Leeuw

Other authors:
Leeuw, Ton de (Composer)
Description:
The "Second violin concerto", commissioned by the Netherlands Student Orchestra, consists of three movements. The first begins with a single note in the orchestra, after which the violin enters, initially with short rising motifs (series of thirds), but quickly develops into a longer solo passage having the character of an improvisation. The part played by the orchestra gradually increases in importance; one of the following passages is characterised by short notes in the woodwinds and brass, with long notes in the bass.
Consequently, a rising line in the violin leads to the central section of the first movement. This forms a contrast to the beginning, e.g. by strongly marked rhythmic double stops in the violin. After a few short orchestral intermezzi, this rhythmic fragment quickly dissolves and is followed, after a pause, by a final passage which, though not repetition, resembles the beginning in character and material.
The structure of the second movement is more difficult to describe. It consists of a number of fragments which follow one another freely like the links in a chain. There is certainly a strong mutual relationship in the musical material, but this is always presented in a different way. These sections also form one large unit in character. As a whole, the second movement is slightly faster, but particularly more robust and taut in character than the first movement. The orchestra and violin alternate regularly. The violin part has a virtuoso character, mainly because of the large jumps which must be performed.
The last movement has the same chain-like structure as the second, but the music is completely different. In the first place, the violin part is dominated by a rhythmic figure which through its asymmetric form gives this movement a character all of its own. This figure, which often occurs in Africa, forms the basis of the whole of the solo part and makes high demands on the rhythmic skill of the soloist. Several ostinato forms occur in the orchestra: rhythmic and melodic patterns which are repeated continuously. One note (B) finally liberates itself from these static fields of sound, gaining in importance as the end approaches, and finally remaining as the only background to the ever agile-rhythmic violin part which continues to move rhythmically. - TON DE LEEUW