related works
Red, white and blues : Dutch new blues pieces, for piano, volume 2
Genre:
Chamber music
Subgenre:
Piano
Scoring:
pf
Concerto no. 4 : for violin and orchestra, 2004 / Hans Kox
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2ob-am 2h str vl-solo
The Tender Wind of Elysium : for violin and orchestra / Olga Rayeva
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
vn-solo fl ob cl fg h perc hp pf str
Geestgronden : vioolconcert, 2001 / Chiel Meijering
Genre:
Orchestra
Subgenre:
Violin and orchestra
Scoring:
2222 4220 3perc 2hp pf el.cb str vl-solo
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.