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
Concert voor viool en orkest : (1940) / Cor de Groot
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 0100 str vl-solo
Violin concerto No 2 / Willem Jeths
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
fl fl(pic) 2ob 2cl fg cfg 2h 2trp 2trb tb timp perc str vl-solo
Concert Piece : for violin and orchestra / Henriƫtte Bosmans
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
vl-solo 2fl 2ob 2cl cl-b 2fg 4h 2tpt 2trb timp perc str
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.