Ernst Krenek
1. Violinkonzert
Short instrumentation: 2 0 2 2 - 2 2 0 0, str
Duration: 21'
Dedication: Alma Moodie gewidmet
Solos:
violin
Instrumentation details:
1st flute
2nd flute
1st clarinet in Bb
2nd clarinet in Bb
1st bassoon
2nd bassoon
1st horn in F
2nd horn in F
1st trumpet in C
2nd trumpet in C
violin I
violin II
viola
violoncello
contrabass
Krenek - 1. Violinkonzert for violin and orchestra
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Ernst Krenek
Krenek: 1. Violinkonzert - op. 29Orchestration: for violin and piano
Type: Klavierauszug
Ernst Krenek
Krenek: Violin Concerto No. 1 for violin and orchestra - op. 29Orchestration: for violin and orchestra
Type: Taschenpartitur
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Work introduction
Alma Modie is the dedicatee of this work, according to the score and UE’s website. Thanks to composer Berchtold Goldschmidt’s recollections of the concerto’s world premiere and the interview afterward with Modie in the green room (recorded in 1995), we know that this juvenile composition harbours a portrait of the violinist and her relationship with Krenek, who was 24 at the time. Thus the piece is a very personal one in which the composer symbolises himself with first the clarinet and later the trumpet.