Violin Concerto (Bergsma)

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

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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]

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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]

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