FAGERLUND
Violin Concerto
“Darkness in Light”
Full Score
SEBASTIAN FAGERLUND
Violin Concerto
“Darkness
in Light”
for Violin and Orchestra
Full Score
L E I P ZI G · L ONDO N · NE W YOR K
Commissioned by the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
First performance on the 6h of September 2012 at the Tampere Talo, Finland by violinist Pekka Kuusisto and the Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hannu Lintu
Instrumentation
3 Flutes (3rd doubling Piccolo)
3 Oboes (3rd doubling English Horn)
2 Clarinets in Bb
Bass Clarinet in Bb
2 Bassoons Contrabassoon
4 Horns in F
3 Trumpets in C
3 Trombones
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion (3 players)*
1.
Vibraphone, Triangle, Large brake drum, Wood blocks, Tam-tam (small), 4 Suspended cymbals
2.
Marimba, Chinese Bell tree, Crotales, Bass drum Tam-tam (medium)
3. Piano
Harp
Tubular bells, Glockenspiel, Mark tree, 6 Thai Gongs (e, c, A, G, F, Eb), Tam-tam (large), 4 Tom-toms, 4 Bongos & 2 Congas
Solo Violin
Strings
Duration: ca 28 minutes
Violin Concerto
Doppio movimento, libero
Sebastian Fagerlund
Sebastian Fagerlund (b. 1972) has established himself as one of the most prominent European composers of his generation. He studied composition at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki under the guidance of Erkki Jokinen and received his diploma in composition in 2004. Important aspects of Fagerlund’s work are his interest in large-scale forms and his profoundly held view of music as an expression of fundamental questions and existential experiences. His works have been commissioned and performed by numerous major orchestras, leading conductors and musicians all over the world, and span a wide variety of genres from opera to chamber and solo.
Sebastian Fagerlund (*1972) ist einer der führenden europäischen Komponisten seiner Generation. Er studierte Komposition bei Erkki Jokinen an der Sibelius-Akademie in Helsinki und erhielt 2004 sein Diplom. Wichtige Aspekte von Fagerlunds Wirken sind sein Interesse an großangelegten Formen und seine Überzeugung, dass Musik grundlegende Fragen und existentielle Erfahrungen zum Ausdruck bringt. Seine Werke wurden von zahlreichen bekannten Orchestern, herausragenden Dirigenten und Musikern auf der ganzen Welt in Auftrag gegeben und aufgeführt. Fagerlunds Schaffen umfasst ein breites Spektrum unterschiedlicher Gattungen von der Oper über Kammermusik bis hin zu solistischen Werken.
Photo © Simon van Boxte