Work Information
Philip Glass : Violin Concerto No 2 'American Four Seasons'
| Co-commissioned by Toronto Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Aspen Music Festival and School, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and Carlsen Center at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas |
| Publisher |
Dunvagen Music Publishers Inc |
Category |
Soloist(s) and Orchestra |
| Sub-Category |
Chamber Orchestra |
Year Composed |
2009 |
| Duration |
42 Minutes |
Solo Instrument(s) |
Violin |
| Orchestration |
synthesizer/str(6.5.4.4.3) |
Availability |
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| Discography |
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Reviews
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Glass's Violin Concerto No 2 is subtitled The American Four Seasons. Written for Robert McDuffie as a Vivaldi companion piece, it links Glass's own minimalism to the classicism and neo-classicism of the 18th and 20th centuries respectively. Baroque in scale, and slyly using a synthesiser as continuo, it interweaves unaccompanied solos with formal movements of great melodic beauty...the standing ovation at the close was richly deserved.
[FOUR STARS]
Tim Ashley, The Guardian, 21/04/2010
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[Philip Glass’s new violin concerto, The American Four Seasons] was dignified and contained, even when the soloist launched into passionate flights of virtuosity, which was quite often...Glass has a magical way of giving the merest twist to banality and ordinariness, which makes it interesting – the mark of classic art down the ages. As for the solo performance by Robert McDuffie, it was beyond praise, as cool, poised and heroically strong as a piece of Greek statuary.
[FOUR STARS]
Ivan Hewett, The Daily Telegraph, 19/04/2010
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