MATRE
Violin Concerto
Version for Solo Violin and Orchestra
Score
Violin Concerto ØRJAN MATRE
Version for Solo Violin and Orchestra
(2014)
Score
Instrumentation
flute
Piccolo
Flute
Oboe 1
Oboe 2 (doubling English Horn)
Clarinet in B b 1
Clarinet in B b 2 (doubling Bass Clarinet)
Bassoon 1
Bassoon 2 (doubling Contrabassoon)
Horn in F 1
Horn in F 2
Trumpet in C 1
Trumpet in C 2
Trumpet in C 3
Tenor Trombone 1
Tenor Trombone 2 Bass Trombone
Tuba
Timpani
Percussion 1
Snare drums (3 sizes - piccolo/medium/large) Gran cassa Tam-tam (medium) Triangle (small)
Bongos (2) Woodblock (small) Sandpaper - medium grit Guiro (large) Tuned gongs (5 pitches)
Percussion 2
Vibraphone Glockenspiel Tam-tam (large) Guiro (large) Metal blocks (2) Triangle (medium) Temple blocks Woodblock (large)
Harp
Piano/Celesta (one player)
Strings
The score is transposed.
Score revised 2017 with support from Norwegian Society of Composers.
Durata: approximately 24 minutes
The Violin Concerto exists in two version, one for violin an orchestra and one for violin and ensemble. The two versions are not completely identical, some parts excist only in one of them, and some parts are prolonged or shortened. The first movement is also used (in a slightly transcribed version) in Matres Konsert for orkester (Concerto for orchestra)
First performance of version for violin and ensemble: 10.09.14, Utrecht: Peter Herresthal (Violin) and Asko|Schönberg Ensemble (Conductor: Christian Karlsen)
First performance of version for violin and orchestra: 19.09.14, Oslo: Peter Herresthal (Violin) and Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra (Conductor: Ilan Volkov)
Dynamic markings with quotation marks indicate the intensity of the performance action and not the resulting absolute volume of the action.
Niente
Flutter tongue
All trills should span a minor second up, unless anything else is indicated by a note in parenthesis. When a trill to the same note is indicated, use an alternate fingering.
Strings: unmeasured tremolo
Air sound - no pitch. The oboes is to remove their mouthpieces when performing this action, contrabassoon is to blow into either B or C key.
Flutes: "Pitch-coloured" air sound. Finger notated pitches.
Trombones/trumpets: closed harmon mute
Trombones/trumpets: open harmon mute
Trombones/trumpets: a quick tremolo effect with the hand rapidly covering and opening the exit of a harmon mute.
Quarter tone flat/sharp
1/6 tone flat, always representing the 7th harmonic (fundamental always given).
Strings: damp all strings with two or more fingers (aproximately at the middle of the strings). Clear pitch to be avoided.
Violin Concerto I
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