Violin Concerto

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Violin Concerto is a Pulitzer Prize–winning contemporary concerto for solo violin and orchestra composed by American composer Jennifer Higdon.

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instanceOf musical composition
violin concerto
awardCategory Pulitzer Prize for Music
awarded Pulitzer Prize for Music
awardedBy Columbia University
awardYear 2010
commissionedBy Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Curtis Institute of Music
Dallas Symphony Orchestra
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
Toronto Symphony Orchestra
composer Jennifer Higdon
countryOfOrigin United States
dedicatedTo Hillary Hahn
duration approximately 30 minutes
genre contemporary classical music
hasInstrumentation solo violin, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion, harp, celesta, strings
hasPart I. 1726
II. Chaconni
III. Fly Forward
key no fixed key (largely atonal / modal)
languageOfWork none (instrumental)
movementCount 3
notableRecordingLabel Deutsche Grammophon
notableRecordingPerformer Hillary Hahn
premiereConductor Mario Venzago
premiereDate 2009-02-06
premiereEnsemble Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
premiereLocation Indianapolis, Indiana
linked to: Indianapolis
premierePerformer Hillary Hahn
publisher Lawdon Press
scoredFor orchestra
solo violin
style postmodern
subjectOf concert reviews
musicological analysis
usesTechnique coloristic orchestration
complex rhythms
extended techniques for violin
yearComposed 2008

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Jennifer Higdon notableWork Violin Concerto