La Danza Karelia viululle ja jousiorkesterille. Par SONNINEN AHTI. Virtuosic Karelian Dance (La Danza Karelia) for solo violin and string orchestra by Ahti Sonninen is published for the first time. This product includes the full score, the solo violin part and the string parts (3.3.2.2 2.1). The version for violin and piano is included in Géza Szilvay's Colourstrings Violin ABC: Book G5 ? Sixth and seventh positions (9790550115989 [violin part] and 9790550116948 [piano accompaniment]). / Date parution : 2022-12-12/ Répertoire / Orchestre à Cordes et Violon

This version of Partita was orchestrated by the composer in 1988 for Anne-Sophie Mutter. The first performance was given in January 1990 by Anne-Sophie Mutter and the Berlin Philharmonic conducted by the composer. Duration c.16minutes. Full score and orchestral material on hire from the publishers.

The Violin Concerto was commissioned by Stiftung Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival. It was first performed by Gidon Kremer (violin) and the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival Orchester conducted by DennisRussell Davies at the Musikhalle Hamburg Germany on 29 August 2003. Interpolated within this one-minute-one-movement layout is a recurrent refrain where the soloist articulates one of the basic harmonic foundations of anumber of the one minute sections (six dominant 7ths - on E F sharp C A B D) in an undisguised Bachian fashion. The slow arpeggios in the later variants of the refrain not unexpectedly find themselves sharing a bed with theopening of Berg's Violin Concerto. Nyman has effectively adopted Berg's orchestral template with two exceptions - the omission of the alto Saxophone and replaced Berg's Percussion section with Marimba and Vibraphone mallet instruments which intertwine with the soloist in the Concerto. Alban Berg's Violin Concerto was dedicated to 'the memory of an angel' Manon Gropius. Nyman's Concerto was dedicated to the memory of DanielToscan du Plantier a friend and neighbour - in Nyman's words 'certainly no angel but a major figure in the recording and film industries'. Arranged for solo Violin and Piano accompaniment the duration of thiswork is approximately: 25 minutes.

Poemi is based on three allegorical paintings by Marc Chagall each of which is a masterly depiction of a well-known text the Old Testament: The Dream of Jacob The Sacrifice of Isaac and Jacob in Combat with the Angel. Hallgrimsson's intention in writing the work was to compose a virtuoso piece for violin and string orchestra which would recreate in music the poetic essence of Chagall’s paintings.The soloist is at the centre of the ‘musicalstage’ throughout with the orchestra providing a constantly changing ‘scenery’. The music progresses from the tranquillity of the Dream in the first movement through the drama of the Sacrifice in the second to the fast andtense Combat with the Angel which forms the final movement.'Poemi' was awarded the Nordic Council Prize in March 1986.

The two-movement work was inspired by the title of a book by Jacques Roubaud and dedicated to Violinist Gidon Kremer whose playing and musicianship also inspired the work.Kaija Saariaho is a contemporary Finnish composer livingand working in Paris and Graal Thé tre is one of her principal works frequently performed in spite of its ferocious virtuosic requirements. Unlike many of her other works Graal Thé tre has no electronic extensions but exploresthe relationship fully between soloist and Orchestra. She gained international renown for her first opera l?Amour du Loin and continues a prolific compositional life with a wide range of international performances.