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Alexander Arutiunian
Concerto
for violin and string orchestra or piano
- Level: advanced
- Duration: 25'
- Genre: contemporary
- Series: Armenian Composers Series
- Composed: 1988
Reference: VN1a
Piano reduction (solo part included)
Piano reduction (solo part included)
CHF31.00
- Instrumentation: string set: 7.6.6.5.4
- Publisher: Editions Bim
- Movements:
- I. Andante sostenuto
- II. Allegretto (Scherzando)
- III. Adagio recitativo
- IV. Allegro molto
- I. Andante sostenuto
I. Andante sostenuto
II. Allegretto (Scherzando)
III. Adagio recitativo
IV. Allegro molto
Alexander Arutiunian (1920-2012)
Born in 1920 in Erevan, Armenia, he is one of the best known and highly esteemed composers of Armenia. He studied composition and piano at the Komitas Conservatory in the city of his birth, and the...
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The four movements of this concerto, written in 1988 and first performed in Erevan in 1989 by virtuoso Rouben Aharonian, especially illustrate the expressive fugal characteristics of the great Armenian composer.
There is a superb recording of the work by Russian violinist Ilya Grubert with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Constantine Orbelian.
Performances
July 1, 2018 | Orcival, France.
Albane Genat (violin),
Orchestre d'Auvergne,
Roberto Forés Veses (conductor).