Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra (Piston)
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Walter Piston
's Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra was commissioned in 1970
by Mario di Bonaventura, music director of the Hopkins Center Congregation of the Arts at Dartmouth College, who conducted the world premiere on March 11, 1973, performed by the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra with Salvatore Accardo
as the soloist. The commission had been made specifically for Accardo,
subdivided into five sections and lasts for approximately 15 minutes.
These sections are marked by changes of tempo and meter:
Walter Piston
Walter Hamor Piston Jr., , was an American composer of classical music, music theorist and professor of music at Harvard University whose students included Leroy Anderson, Leonard Bernstein, and Elliott Carter....
's Fantasia for Violin and Orchestra was commissioned in 1970
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by Mario di Bonaventura, music director of the Hopkins Center Congregation of the Arts at Dartmouth College, who conducted the world premiere on March 11, 1973, performed by the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra with Salvatore Accardo
Salvatore Accardo
Salvatore Accardo is an Italian violin virtuoso and conductor.He is highly regarded for his interpretations of Paganini, J. S. Bach, Antonio Vivaldi, contemporary works, chamber music, and opera conducting....
as the soloist. The commission had been made specifically for Accardo,
Analysis
The work is in one movementMovement (music)
A movement is a self-contained part of a musical composition or musical form. While individual or selected movements from a composition are sometimes performed separately, a performance of the complete work requires all the movements to be performed in succession...
subdivided into five sections and lasts for approximately 15 minutes.
These sections are marked by changes of tempo and meter:
- Lento sereno, = 48 (5/8)
- Allegro, = 120 (3/4)
- Adagio, = 50 (6/4)
- Allegro energico, = 84 (5/8, 6/8, and 3/4)
- Lento, = 48 (5/8)