Josef Bohuslav Foerster
30.12.1859—29.05.1951
 

Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Konzert | C minor | op. 88 | for violin and orchestra

Work Details
Key: C minor
Opus: op. 88
Year of composition: 1910/1911
Scored for: for violin and orchestra
Composer: Josef Bohuslav Foerster
Soloinstruments/Soloists: Violine
Instrumentation details: 2 2 2 2 - 4 2 3 0 - timp, tr - hp, cel - str
Duration (min): 35

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Work Introduction

Composed in Vienna in 1911, the Violin Concerto by Joseph Bohuslav Foerster should have become a repertory work long ago. It is late Romantic music par excellence, with sadly sweet, gentle melodies that are easily remembered and sweeping, virtuoso passages. It is no wonder, therefore, that [...]


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