Samuel Barber - Violin Concerto Op. 14.

Samuel Barber

 

 

(March 9, 1910 – January 23, 1981)

  American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music.

 

 

Samuel Barber Violin Concerto Op. 14.

 

I. Allegro (00:00)
II. Andante (10:25)
III. Presto in moto perpetuo (19:11)

Gil Shaham, violin
David Robertson, conductor
BBC Symphony Orchestra

 

Samuel Barber completed his Violin Concerto, Op. 14, in 1939. It is a work in three movements,

lasting about 22 minutes.[영문자료 다 보기-Violin Concerto]

Form of the work

1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Presto in moto perpetuo

Barber provided these program notes for the premiere performance:

The first movement—allegro molto moderato—begins with a lyrical first subject announced at once by the solo violin, without any orchestral introduction. This movement as a whole has perhaps more the character of a sonata than concerto form. The second movement—andante sostenuto—is introduced by an extended oboe solo. The violin enters with a contrasting and rhapsodic theme, after which it repeats the oboe melody of the beginning. The last movement, a perpetuum mobile, exploits the more brilliant and virtuosic character of the violin.

The concerto is scored for two each of flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, and trumpets, timpani, snare drum, piano, and strings.