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Rhapsody

Rhapsody

for violin and orchestra
(
1999
)

Rhapsody for violin and orchestra is a composition concluding a 'tonal period'. I composed the work in my first year at the Conservatory. This composition exists of two contrasting movements: a slow introduction, followed by a Scherzo of a rhapsody-kind, in which differing solo-cadenzas turn up, alternated with stirred up passages for the orchestra. The composition was written according to a modal system (octatonic mode) and the concept is quite romantic: complete freedom of rhythm, melody and form.

Fragment

Jerrold Rubenstein, violin - Beethoven Academy, cond. Jan Caeyers


Duration
9 minutes
Intrumentation
  • 2 Flutes
  • 2 Oboes
  • 2 Clarinets in Bb
  • 2 Bassoons
  • 2 Trumpets
  • Trombone
  • Percussion (2 players): Marimba + Timpani
  • Solo Violin
  • Violins 1
  • Violins 2
  • Violas
  • Violoncelli
  • Double Basses

Premiere

12/12/1999
Antwerp, Blauwe Zaal
Beethoven Academy, cond. Jan Caeyers, Jerrold Rubenstein, solo violin
sabam
603796700