related works

Invocations : for mezzo-soprano, mixed choir and instrumental ensemble, 1983 / Ton de Leeuw

Genre: Vocal music
Subgenre: Mixed choir and instruments
Scoring: sopr-m 3sopr 3alt 3ten 3bas 3cl h trb 2perc pf(el.pf)

Concerto per violino ed orchestra : opus 893, 1995 / Jan van Dijk

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Scoring: 2222 sax-a 2210 timp perc str vl-solo

You Will Find Them in the Woods : Concerto for violin and orchestra / Rijndert van Woudenberg

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

Ciaccona : per il violino e basso continuo / Tommaso Vitali, georchestreerd naar de bewerking van Ferdinand David door Alphons Diepenbrock

Genre: Orchestra
Subgenre: Violin and orchestra
Scoring: 2300 0020 timp str vl-solo

composition

Vioolconcert II : 1961 / Ton de Leeuw

Author(s):
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