In 1940, Khachaturian was enjoying tremendous professional success and personal joy.[3] He worked on the concerto in the tranquility of a wood composer's retreat west of Moscow; he said of the composition that he "worked without effort ... Themes came to me in such abundance that I had a hard time putting them in order."[4] Many sections of the concerto are reminiscent of the folk music of Khachaturian's native Armenia—while he never directly quotes a specific folk melody, "the exotic Oriental flavor of Armenian scales and melodies and the captivating rhythmic diversity of dances" are throughout the work.[3] The work has been charactered by "an exhilarating rhythmic drive and vitality, and a penchant for intoxicating, highly flavored, languorous melody owing much to the inflections of his native Armenian folk music."[5] Having won the Stalin prize in 1941, it has since become one of Khachaturian's famous pieces, in spite of considerable criticism.[6]
Structureedit
Violin concerto in D minor (1940)
First movement: Allegro con fermezza (about 14 minutes)
Second movement: Andante sostenuto (about 12 minutes)
Third movement: Allegro vivace (about 9 minutes)
A movement in sonata form, the Allegro con fermezza opens with a melody that has been described as "energetic"[4] a "rollicking dance-like theme,"[5] and this yields to a "more lyrical"[5] secondary melody.
The Andante sostenuto has been described as "a rhapsodic slow movement that sweeps one into a brooding wintry landscape."[5]Geoffrey Norris wrote, "The ease and spontaneity, pungency and flexibility of Khachaturian's melodic inventions are most clearly laid out in the Andante sostenuto of the central movement, cast in a free-flowing, quasi-improvisatory manner redolent of the art of Armenian folk music."[4] The second movement is a free-flowing rondo.[7]
The concluding Allegro vivace has been called "a whirlwind of motion and virtuosity."[5] In this movement, "the folks element is specially pronounced in the dance-like vigor of the main melody and in the repetitive, insistent, wild virtuosity of the solo instrument."[4]
Transcriptionsedit
When flautist Jean-Pierre Rampal approached Khachaturian to ask him to compose a concerto for flute and orchestra, Khachaturian suggested that the Violin Concerto would be adaptable for flute. With the composer's encouragement, Rampal completed the transcription in 1968, providing his own cadenza as a substitute for the original violin cadenza in the first movement. The orchestral accompaniment throughout the Concerto remains unchanged.[8][9]
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Aram Khachaturian s Violin Concerto in D minor is a violin concerto in three movements composed in 1940 It was composed for David Oistrakh and was premiered on 16 November 1940 by Oistrakh 1 2 Violin Concertoby Aram KhachaturianKeyD minorComposed1940 1940 Performed16 November 1940 1940 11 16 Movements3 Contents 1 Composition 2 Structure 3 Transcriptions 4 Discography 5 References 6 External linksComposition editIn 1940 Khachaturian was enjoying tremendous professional success and personal joy 3 He worked on the concerto in the tranquility of a wood composer s retreat west of Moscow he said of the composition that he worked without effort Themes came to me in such abundance that I had a hard time putting them in order 4 Many sections of the concerto are reminiscent of the folk music of Khachaturian s native Armenia while he never directly quotes a specific folk melody the exotic Oriental flavor of Armenian scales and melodies and the captivating rhythmic diversity of dances are throughout the work 3 The work has been charactered by an exhilarating rhythmic drive and vitality and a penchant for intoxicating highly flavored languorous melody owing much to the inflections of his native Armenian folk music 5 Having won the Stalin prize in 1941 it has since become one of Khachaturian s famous pieces in spite of considerable criticism 6 Structure editViolin concerto in D minor 1940 First movement Allegro con fermezza about 14 minutes Second movement Andante sostenuto about 12 minutes Third movement Allegro vivace about 9 minutes A movement in sonata form the Allegro con fermezza opens with a melody that has been described as energetic 4 a rollicking dance like theme 5 and this yields to a more lyrical 5 secondary melody The Andante sostenuto has been described as a rhapsodic slow movement that sweeps one into a brooding wintry landscape 5 Geoffrey Norris wrote The ease and spontaneity pungency and flexibility of Khachaturian s melodic inventions are most clearly laid out in the Andante sostenuto of the central movement cast in a free flowing quasi improvisatory manner redolent of the art of Armenian folk music 4 The second movement is a free flowing rondo 7 The concluding Allegro vivace has been called a whirlwind of motion and virtuosity 5 In this movement the folks element is specially pronounced in the dance like vigor of the main melody and in the repetitive insistent wild virtuosity of the solo instrument 4 Transcriptions editWhen flautist Jean Pierre Rampal approached Khachaturian to ask him to compose a concerto for flute and orchestra Khachaturian suggested that the Violin Concerto would be adaptable for flute With the composer s encouragement Rampal completed the transcription in 1968 providing his own cadenza as a substitute for the original violin cadenza in the first movement The orchestral accompaniment throughout the Concerto remains unchanged 8 9 Discography editYear Soloist Conductor Orchestra 1946 David Oistrakh Alexander Gauk USSR State Symphony Orchestra 1947 Gerhard Taschner Artur Rother Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra 1951 Leonid Kogan Aram Khachaturian USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra 1954 David Oistrakh Aram Khachaturian Philharmonia Orchestra 1955 Ruth Posselt Richard Burgin Boston Symphony Orchestra 1956 Igor Oistrakh Eugene Aynsley Goossens Philharmonia Orchestra 1956 Ruggiero Ricci Anatole Fistoulari London Philharmonic Orchestra stereo 1958 Leonid Kogan Pierre Monteux Boston Symphony Orchestra 1959 Mischa Elman Vladimir Golschmann Vienna State Opera Orchestra 1962 Ida Haendel Hans Muller Kray Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra 1963 Aldo Ferraresi Aram Khachaturian Orchestra Sinfonica RAI Turin 1964 Henryk Szeryng Antal Dorati London Symphony Orchestra 1964 Jean Ter Merguerian Michael Maluntsian Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra 1967 David Oistrakh Aram Khachaturian Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra 1981 Boris Gutnikov Konstantin Ivanov USSR Large Symphony Orchestra 1984 Itzhak Perlman Zubin Mehta Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 1989 Valery Klimov Evgeni Svetlanov USSR Academy Symphony Orchestra 1990 Lydia Mordkovitch Neeme Jarvi Royal Scottish National Orchestra 2001 Mihaela Martin Theodore Kuchar National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine 2003 Arabella Steinbacher Sakari Oramo City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 2003 Sergey Khachatryan Emmanuel Krivine Sinfonia Varsovia 2004 Julia Fischer Yakov Kreizberg Russian National Orchestra 2007 Aaron Rosand Kees Bakels Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra 2007 Catherine Manoukian Eduard Topchjan Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra 2008 Nicolas Koeckert Jose Serebrier Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 2010 Ara Malikian Jesus Amigo Extremadura Symphony Orchestra 2011 Mikhail Simonyan Kristjan Jarvi London Symphony Orchestra 2014 James Ehnes Mark Wigglesworth Melbourne Symphony Orchestra 2016 Philippe Quint Steven Sloane Bochumer Symphoniker 2018 Nemanja Radulovic Sascha Goetzel Borusan Istanbul Philharmonic Orchestra 2019 Rachel Barton Pine Teddy Abrams Royal Scottish National Orchestra 2020 Antje Weithaas Daniel Raiskin Staatsorchester Rheinische Philharmonie Year Flute Soloist Conductor Orchestra 1970 Jean Pierre Rampal Jean Martinon Orchestre National de France 1984 James Galway Myung whun Chung Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 1992 Patrick Gallois Ion Marin Philharmonia Orchestra 2002 Emmanuel Pahud David Zinman Tonhalle Orchester Zurich 2004 Wissam Boustany Volodymyr Sirenko National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine 2010 Sharon Bezaly Enrique Diemecke Sao Paulo State Symphony OrchestraReferences edit Khachaturian Violin Concerto Concerto Rhapsody Naxos 8 555919 Liner Notes Khachaturian Violin Concerto Concerto Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra Naxos 8 570988 Liner Notes a b BeavertonSymphony org program notes Khachaturian Violin Concerto beavertonsymphony org a b c d Khachaturian Violin Concerto EMI CDC 7 47087 2 CD liner notes by Geoffrey Norris a b c d e KHACHATURIAN violin concerto Concerto Rhapsody Naxos 8 555919 RB KS Classical CD Reviews May 2004 MusicWeb UK www musicweb international com Aram Khachaturian Violin Concerto Dimitri Shostakovich String Quartets 17 October 2014 Error Kennedy Center flute4u com violamusicplus comExternal links editAram Khachaturian Violin Concerto in D minor Los Angeles Philharmonic Program Notes Portal nbsp Classical Music Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Violin Concerto Khachaturian amp oldid 1213137723, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
