Concerto for Orchestra (Score) (Faber Edition) - Softcover

Carl Vine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571572316 ISBN 13: 9780571572311

Publisher: Faber Music Limited, 2016

Synopsis

Carl Vine's Concerto for Orchestra was premiered to critical acclaim by the West Australian Symphony Orchestra in October 2014. Its composer describes the way the 20-minute work (like his recent Piano Trio The Village) evolves organically through a chain of episodes to create a 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.

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Review

`A kaleidoscopic showpiece for orchestra entirely worthy of its name. The piece bristles with contrast and energy. Within the first few minutes we journey from a mellifluous woodwind pastorale to a fanfare for full brass choir, then to a driving passage for timpani and drums alone. Within Vine's deft and unpretentious musical language one may detect hints of minimalism, jazz, a recurrent lyricism and the direct expressiveness of music for film. It is very much a summation and distillation of the kinds of music we live with every day, reimagined and revitalised for the concert hall.' The Australian (Paul Hopwood), 14 October 2014

Edition details

• Publisher: Faber Music Limited
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571572316
• ISBN 13: 9780571572311
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 68