JAVS Spring 2007

Viola Concerto No. 1, Op. 108 (1929) I. Anime I I. Lent III. ouple et anime IV.Vif Difficulty: Level 6 Duration: 12 minutes Premiere: Paul Hindemith with the Concertgebouw Amsterdam Viola Concerto No. 2, Op. 340 (1959)

a dark C in the cellos and basses being held during the cadenza. The Prestissimo section remind ed me of the ending of Colgrass's Variations for Viola and 4 Drums, the sixteenth note pas sage at the end. The ending of this work was incredibly spooky! This darkness of the ending of the first movement transitioned very nicely into the second movement , Andante, which kept a somber character throughout the move ment. The accompaniment was very thin, sort of like the minimal ist accompaniment Shostakovitch uses for his Viola Sonata. The third movement, Presto, begins in a fast 3 meter, and brings to mind the Penderecki Viola Concerto, the Shostakovitch Cello Concerto,

and the Kabelevsky Violin Concerto. His percussion usage, especially that of the xylophone and gong is very intriguing and adds colors not often heard in viola concerti. The double-stop trills and ricochet also were very unusual effects in the solo part. The ending in this concerto goes out with a bit more ofa bang with more Colgrass-like fast sixteenth notes at the end, and an uproar in the percussion which will certainly bring the audience to an ovation. This concerro received the Jean A. Chalmers National Music Award in 1997, and in 2002 it received a JUNO nomination. This work is available directly through the composer at: e-mail: ppkoprowski@sympatico.ca.

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Difficulty: Level 6 Duration: 21 minutes Premiere: William Primrose with German Radio Orchestra

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