This is one of the great English works for string orchestra, in direct line with those by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten, but also Bartók and Stravinsky. Tippett uses folk songs and Elizabethan dance rhythms to create a joyous and jazzy score in three movements which shows off the radiant sound of a string orchestra. At the heart of the work is a beautiful slow movement featuring a Welsh folk song played first by the solo violin.
Content text: | I Allegro con brio II Adagio cantabile III Allegro molto |
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Performance duration: | 23'0" |
Publisher: | Schott Music Ltd., London |
Uraufführung : | 21. April 1940 London, Morley College (UK) · Dirigent: Michael Tippett · South London Orchestra |
Year of composition: | 1938-1939 |
instrumentation: | str(minimum players per orchestra: 4.4.4.4.2) |
This is one of the great English works for string orchestra, in direct line with those by Elgar, Vaughan Williams and Britten, but also Bartók and Stravinsky. Tippett uses folk songs and Elizabethan dance rhythms to create a joyous and jazzy score in three movements which shows off the radiant sound of a string orchestra. At the heart of the work is a beautiful slow movement featuring a Welsh folk song played first by the solo violin.
Content text: | I Allegro con brio II Adagio cantabile III Allegro molto |
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Performance duration: | 23'0" |
Publisher: | Schott Music Ltd., London |
Uraufführung : | 21. April 1940 London, Morley College (UK) · Dirigent: Michael Tippett · South London Orchestra |
Year of composition: | 1938-1939 |
instrumentation: | str(minimum players per orchestra: 4.4.4.4.2) |