Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

by Einar Englund

Konsertto viululle ja orkesterille

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Einar Englund

Concerto for Violin and Orchestra

Fennica Gehrman

Description

The violin concerto might be described as innocently lyrical. It is in three movements. The first, Allegro moderato, sounds a challenge, a combination of five notes, which constitutes the motto of the work, and to this the violin replies. After an interlude from the orchestra, the violin plays the main theme of the movement and this leads on to the widely spaced intervals of the central section. These in turn provide the ingredients of the final part of the movement.

Of the second and third movements the composer writes: “The slow movement (Moderato) is in three parts. After a powerful introduction the music becomes hushed and the solo violin weaves a pattern of long melodic curves. The rondo-like finale (Allegro molto) might perhaps be compared to a Mozart allegro, advancing from beginning to end in the same tempo with the lightness of a feather. Only the cadenza offers the necessary contrast.”

The Concerto per violino ed orchestra was composed in the summer of 1981 when Englund was holidaying on the island of Gotland in Sweden. It was commissioned by The Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras.

© Pekka Hako, 1986

(from Finlandia FACD 343, 1986)

Viulukonserttoa voisi luonnehtia viattoman lyyriseksi. Siinä on kolme osaa. Ensimmäinen osa Allegro moderato kajauttaa haastavasti teoksen moton, viisisävelisen intervalliyhdistelman, johon sooloviulu vastaa. Orkesterivälisoiton jälkeen sooloviulu esittelee osan pääteeman, joka johtaa välitaitteen laajoihin intervalleihin. Ne puolestaan antavat ainekset ensimmasen osan loppujaksoon.

Toisesta ja kolmannesta osasta säveltäjä kirjoittaa: ”Hidas osa (Moderato) on kolmijalkoinen. Voimakkaan alkujohdannon jälkeen musiikki hiljenee ja sooloviulu punoo pitkiä melodisia kaaria. Rondomuotoista finaalia (Allegro molto) voitaisiin ehkä verrata mozartmaiseen allegroon, joka höyhenenkevyesti etenee samassa tempossa alusta loppuun. Ainoastaan kadenssi tarjoaa tälle tarvittavan kontrastin.”

Concerto per violino ed orchestra on sävelletty kesällä 1981 säveltäjän lomaillessa Ruotsissa, Gotlannissa. Teos on Suomen sinfoniaorkesterit ry:n tilaus.

© Pekka Hako, 1986

(äänitteeltä Finlandia FACD 343, 1986)


Instrumentation

2222 2000 10 0, str, vln solo


Category

Works for Soloist(s) and Orchestra


Premiere

Kaija Saarikettu, violin, Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Rautio, cond. Tampere, March 26, 1982


Commisioned by / dedications

Commissioned by the Association of Finnish Symphony Orchestras. Dedicated to Jouko Tolonen


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