John Adams (1947)

Violin Concerto (1993)

  • General information
    • Composition date: 1993
    • Duration: 35 mn
    • Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Detailed formation
  • soloist: 1 violin
  • 2 flutes (also 1 piccolo, 1 alto flute), 2 oboes (also 1 English horn), 2 clarinets (also 1 bass clarinet), 2 bassoons, 2 horns, 1 trumpet, 1 timpani, 2 percussionists, 2 electronic/MIDI keyboards/synthesizers [keyboard samplers ] , strings

Premiere information

  • Date: 14 January 1994
    Location:

    États-Unis, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Ordway Music Theater


    Performers:

    Jorja Fleezanis : violon, orchestre du Minnesota, direction : Edo de Waart.

Observations

  • 1st movement
  • Chaconne: Body through which the dream flows
  • Toccare