Concerto Grosso (1998)
for two solo violins and string orchestra
African Journal No 17a
Requested by Rosemary Nalden
Parts on hire
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Score BD in preparation
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Full Score and Parts on hire from Schott Hire Library
Duration: 4 minutes
First performed on 13 July 1998 at the SABC Cape Town by the Buskaid Soweto String Project conducted by Rosemary Nalden
Première
First performance: Monday 13 July 1998; South African Broadcasting Corporation, Cape Town; Buskaid Soweto String Project, Rosemary Nalden conductor
Programme note
Not long after I had returned to South Africa, I met Rosemary Nalden who asked me to compose something for a CD of Christmas music which the Buskaid Soweto String Project were shortly to record. I went to my ‘Carol of the Three Outas’, composed for the Brighton Youth Choir in the UK some years earlier, and reworked and extended it for string orchestra with two obbligato violin parts for the brilliant young leaders of the ensemble. I subsequently added two movements, following the standard layout of the baroque concerto grosso form. I don't know if the recording was ever released.
for two solo violins and string orchestra
African Journal No 17a
Requested by Rosemary Nalden
Parts on hire
Publisher: Bardic Edition
Score BD in preparation
Available from Goodmusic Publishing
Full Score and Parts on hire from Schott Hire Library
Duration: 4 minutes
First performed on 13 July 1998 at the SABC Cape Town by the Buskaid Soweto String Project conducted by Rosemary Nalden
Première
First performance: Monday 13 July 1998; South African Broadcasting Corporation, Cape Town; Buskaid Soweto String Project, Rosemary Nalden conductor
Programme note
Not long after I had returned to South Africa, I met Rosemary Nalden who asked me to compose something for a CD of Christmas music which the Buskaid Soweto String Project were shortly to record. I went to my ‘Carol of the Three Outas’, composed for the Brighton Youth Choir in the UK some years earlier, and reworked and extended it for string orchestra with two obbligato violin parts for the brilliant young leaders of the ensemble. I subsequently added two movements, following the standard layout of the baroque concerto grosso form. I don't know if the recording was ever released.
