Violin Concerto (Bergsma)

William Bergsma's Violin Concerto is a composition for Violin and Orchestra completed in 1965.[1][2]

Structure

The composition is in three movements:

1. Moderato pesante
2. Poco adagio
3. Allegro ostinato

A typical performance takes around 22 minutes

Performance history

Broeker noted that the first performance took place on 18 May 1966.[lower-alpha 1][1] Further performances by other university orchestras followed in 1968 [lower-alpha 2] and 1969 .[lower-alpha 3]

The first and to date only recording [lower-alpha 4] was released by Vox Turnabout in 1971 paired with Morton Subotnick's "Laminations" and John Eaton's "Concert Piece for Synket and Orchestra".[2]

References

Notes

1. Edward Seferian with the Tacoma-University of Puget Sound Orchestra under William Bergsma.[3]
2. Emanual Zetlin with the University of Washington Sinfonietta under Stanley Chapple.[3]
3. Fredell Lack with the University of Houston Symphony under A. Clyde Roller.[3]
4. Edward Statkiewicz with the Polish Radio and Television Orchestra under Zdzislav Szostak, recorded 1969.[2][4]

1. Broeker 2015, p. 209
2. Rosenboom 1971
3. Blaszkiewicz et al. 2015, p. 28
4. Barnett 2003

Sources

• Barnett, Rob (2003-09-03). "Review: American Concertos (Vox)". Musicweb International. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
• Blaszkiewicz, Jacek; Coppen, David Peter; Craig, Tim; Fitzgerald, Kevin (2015). "Catalog: William Bergsma Collection" (PDF). Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester. Retrieved 2015-09-30.
• Broeker, Tobias (2015). The 20th century violin concertante - A repertoire guide to the compositions for violin concertante written between 1894 and 2006 (PDF) (2 ed.). Self Published. ISBN 978-3-00-050001-5.
• Rosenboom, David (1971). Liner Notes: The Contemporary Composer in the USA (LP). Vox Turnabout. TV-S 34428.