Violin Concerto (Bergsma)

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William Bergsma's Violin Concerto is a composition for Violin and Orchestra completed in 1965.[1][2]

Structure[]

The composition is in three movements:

  1. Moderato pesante
  2. Poco adagio
  3. Allegro ostinato

A typical performance takes around 22 minutes

Performance history[]

Broeker noted that the first performance took place on 18 May 1966.[a][1] Further performances by other university orchestras followed in 1968 [b] and 1969 .[c]

The first and to date only recording [d] was released by Vox Turnabout in 1971 paired with Morton Subotnick's "Laminations" and John Eaton's "Concert Piece for Synket and Orchestra".[2]

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Edward Seferian with the Tacoma-University of Puget Sound Orchestra under William Bergsma.[3]
  2. ^ Emanual Zetlin with the University of Washington Sinfonietta under Stanley Chapple.[3]
  3. ^ Fredell Lack with the University of Houston Symphony under A. Clyde Roller.[3]
  4. ^ Edward Statkiewicz with the Polish Radio and Television Orchestra under Zdzislav Szostak, recorded 1969.[2][4]
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Broeker 2015, p. 209
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c Rosenboom 1971
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Blaszkiewicz et al. 2015, p. 28
  4. ^ Barnett 2003

Sources[]

  • Barnett, Rob (2003-09-03). "Review: American Concertos (Vox)". Musicweb International. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
  • Blaszkiewicz, Jacek; Coppen, David Peter; Craig, Tim; Fitzgerald, Kevin (2015). "Catalog: William Bergsma Collection" (PDF). Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
  • Broeker, Tobias (2015). The 20th century violin concertante - A repertoire guide to the compositions for violin concertante written between 1894 and 2006 (PDF) (2nd ed.). Self Published. ISBN 978-3-00-050001-5.
  • Rosenboom, David (1971). Liner Notes: The Contemporary Composer in the USA (LP). Vox Turnabout. TV-S 34428.


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