related works
Musique Surrealistique : for soprano, clarinet and piano / music and text by Hanna Kulenty Majoor
Genre:
Vocal music
Subgenre:
Voice and instrument(s)
Scoring:
sopr cl pf
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2232 4221 timp 2perc cel hp str vl-solo
Down town : concerto for violin and orchestra, 1984 / André Douw
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
3332 4221 3perc str vl-solo
Interlude : for violin and small orchestra / Jan van Dijk
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
vl-solo 2200 0100 vl vla vc
composition
2nd violin concerto : for solo violin and orchestra, 1996 / Hanna Kulenty
Other authors:
Kulenty, Hanna
(Composer)
Description:
Program note (English): Violin Concert No. 2 was written immediately after Hanna Kulenty completed her first opera, The Mother of Black-Winged Dreams (1995). She had already had the Concerto in her mind for a long time, but the opera had to be written first, in time for this performance during the Munich Biennale. The most important difference between Concerto No. 2 and the preceding concerto (1992) is the stronger reference to the Classical tradition, even though the music is more mystical and trance-like. Unlike in Classical concertos, the three movements have merge into one another quite imperceptibly. The relatively short finale dissolves into the same E tone from which the whole composition originated. The 'sound clouds' in this composition consist of quarter tones and glissandi. Their function is not decorative, they are an essential part of the whole construction.