First Violin Concerto

Orchestra Music

Details

Category

Orchestra Music

instrumentation

for violin and orchestra

duration

20 minutes

commissioned by

Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, music director

premiered by

April 27, 1987, Berkeley, CA

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Instrumentation: solo violin; 2 flutes, 2 oboes (2. doubles on English horn), 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons; 2 French horns; 1 percussionist (timpani, glockenspiel, large tam-tam, suspended cymbal, snare drum, and bongos); strings (6-6-4-4-2)

Publisher: Theodore Presser

First Recording: New Albion Records

Musicians: Berkeley Symphony Orchestra; Kent Nagano, conductor; Kees Hülsmann, soloist

Released: January 1, 1996

Commissioned: Berkeley Symphony Orchestra, Kent Nagano, music director

Premiered: April 27, 1987, Berkeley, CA

Musicians: Berkeley Symphony Orchestra; Robert Hughes, conductor; Mayumi Ohira, soloist

Duration: 20 minutes

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