Movement 1: a dehydrated, pulverised, and then reconstituted (with lumps) 1903 recording of Joseph Joachim playing Brahms's Hungarian Dance No. 1
Movement 2: Isaac Stern sp eaking in 1999 ab out the founding of the National Endowment of Ar ts seen through a thick layer of nostalgia's sweet molasses
Mike Svoboda
Movement 3: the Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina playing Chopin’s No cturne Op. 9, No. 2 f rozen, broken in shards, and randomly reassembled
Growth
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– Violin Concerto
for solo violin, baritone saxophone, accordion and percussion (2020)
written for the Concept Store Quartet
Grow th I was commissioned with the generous support from
Comissioned with the generous support from
The premiere performance by the Concept Store Quartet with Alicja Pilarczyk (violin), Pablo González Balaguer (saxophone), Nejc Grm (accordion), and Jeanne Larrouturou (percussion) took place on February 15th, 2022 in BKA-Theater, Berlin. The composition was commissioned with funds from the Fachausschuss Musik BS/BL.
Duration ca. 15 minuten
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Movement 1: A dehydrated, pulverized, and then reconstituted (with lumps) 1903 recording of Joseph Joachim playing Brahms‘s Hungarian Dance No. 1
Movement 2: Isaac Stern speaking in 1999 about the founding of the National Endowment of Arts seen through a thick layer of nostalgia‘s sweet molasses
Movement 3: The Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina playing Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 frozen, broken in shards, and randomly reassembled
Each of the three movements draws from a historical recording of a violin, a violinist, or an attempt to mechanically imitate both:
1. The first recording of a violin with a performance by Josef Joachim playing Hungarian Dance No. 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKK5iFFPKxM&t=3s (accessed Nov. 2020)
2. An excerpt of a Carnegie Hall interview given by Isaac Stern in 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ-z2JWaGvg (accessed Nov. 2020, ca. minute 9:00 to 12:30, slightly edited)
3. The Hupfeld Phonoliszt-Violina, a music cabinet with three selfplaying violins and a self-playing piana called as the „8th wonder of the world“ at the 1920 World Fair playing Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9, No. 2 in E flat major
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBzaSVbCWxM (accessed Nov. 2020)
Instrumentation
Solo Violin
Baritone Saxophone in Eb
Accordion
Percussion
- 3 surfaces to be rubbed, scraped, hit with scrubbers and/or brushes
- a floor tom with a tub inserted to change the air presser and therefore shin pressure (pitch)
- drum set: bass drum (small), floor tom, tom, wood block, hi-hat, ride, and splash cymbal