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Concerto for orchestra : orchestra

by Carl Vine (2014)

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Work Overview

Concertos for orchestra are a uniquely 20th century phenomenon, evolving from the Baroque model of the concerto grosso and the ensuing sinfonia concertante. They generally feature multiple solo instruments and alternating focus on contrasting instrumental families. More than 70 have been composed since Hindemith's landmark work of 1925, including eight by Alan Hovhaness, and five by Robin Holloway. None have been as successful as Bartok's remarkable work of 1943.

I have used this opportunity to feature every instrument in the orchestra in one way or another. Although classical concertos follow the symphonic fashion of incorporating sonata form, I have deliberately chosen to mutate the form beyond recognition, eliminating the precepts of primary and secondary themes, and the very notion of exposition-development-recapitulation.

In place of these traditional formulae I have used a process developed in my piano trio ("The Village", 2014): a broad family of musical "elements" evolve organically through a chain of episodes to create a complex web of melodies and harmonies that are related but not identical. This network of ideas is tied together by strong lateral bonds but remains fluid and flexible, creating a series of fleeting glimpses - what Prokofiev called visions fugitives - abstract patterns glimpsed in the half-light or imagined behind clouds.

Work Details

Year: 2014

Instrumentation: 3.3.3.3-4.3.3.1-timp, 2pc, hp, strings

Duration: 21 min.

Difficulty: Advanced

Dedication note: Dedicated to Geoff Stearn

Commission note: Commissioned by West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoff Stearn.

First performance: by West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern at WASO: Vine, Mozart, Rachmaninov (Perth Concert Hall) on 10 Oct 2014

Awards & Prizes

Year Award Placing Awarded for/to
2015 Art Music Awards: Performance of the Year Finalist Carl Vine

Performances of this work

12 May 2018: at MSO: Beethoven and Vine (Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne). Featuring Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis.

11 May 2018: at MSO: Beethoven and Vine (Robert Blackwood Concert Hall). Featuring Andrew Davis, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

10 May 2018: at MSO: Beethoven and Vine (Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne). Featuring Andrew Davis, Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

11 Oct 2014: at WASO: Vine, Mozart, Rachmaninov (Perth Concert Hall). Featuring Michael Stern, West Australian Symphony Orchestra.

10 Oct 2014: at WASO: Vine, Mozart, Rachmaninov (Perth Concert Hall). Featuring West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Michael Stern.

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