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Doble Concert de la Porta Ferrada
Materiales de orquesta de cámara en alquiler
Violín, Violonchelo y Orquesta de cámara
BENGUEREL, XavierReg.: B.3338o
- Ensemble: Chamber orchestra: With soloist(s).
- Genres: Classical / contemporary: Chamber.
- Product format: Partitura + particellas
- Difficulty level: Advanced-superior
- Period: 2nd half S. XX - XXI
- Publishing house: Editorial Boileau
- Collection: Siglo XXI
- No. of pages: 84+16
- Measure: 29,70 x 21,00 cm
- Lenght: 15'00"
- ISMN: 979-0-3503-0400-2
- Available in digital: No
- Available for rent: Yes
Solo Violin and Violoncello
1 1 1 1 — 2 2 1 0 – 2perc — str
perc-a: glock, 2tri, sus cym S, ttam B, 3templeblks
perc-b: glock, 2tri, sus cym B, ttam A, 3woodblks, 2ttom
Strings: 6,5,4,3,2
I finished writing the Porta Ferrada Double Concerto at the beginning of 2004. I was commissioned to write it for the Porta Ferrada International Music Festival (in Sant Feliu de Guíxols).
This double concerto for violin, cello and chamber ensemble represents the start of a period in which the pieces that I am working on are all for small ensembles: Davallament, for soprano and piano; Quinteto de la sala de Levante, for clarinet and string quartet; Palau d’hivern, for soprano, clarinet and string quartet; and Concertino Géminis for solo violin and 15 string instruments.
Having written large-scale works, I have now gone back to writing chamber music.
We can see how, throughout my career, the sinfonia concertante form is omnipresent in almost all my earlier periods. I still haven’t found a satisfactory answer to why I choose a dialogue between a soloist and an instrumental group so often. I would perhaps say that with a solo instrument it seems as if my music has to flow more effortlessly, allowing me to work more easily. Having a main character in the piece’s discourse greatly helps me to develop the idea I have about the piece I want to write.
In this case there are two string soloists, the violin and the cello, which of course play a major part, but without this becoming a virtuosic. As for its form, the piece is based on three parts that meet without interruption.
It was first performed on 10 August 2005 at the Teatre Auditori Municipal in Sant Feliu de Guíxols as part of the 43rd edition of the Porta Ferrada International Festival, by the Porta Ferrada Simfonietta orchestra and the soloists Mélodie Giot and Manon Philippe, conducted by Daniel Tosi.
Xavier Benguerel
