Paraphonia Concertante
Ernesto P. Pellegrini
About this work:
This work was written during a sabbatical leave which the composer took during the winter of 1981-82. Having completed a work for solo violin (Movement IV), he determined that this work should be the next step in the evolution of his works for the violin. In this piece all of the contemporary technical aspects of violin playing are exploited to the maximum. The third step of this evolution was the creation of the Violin Concerto (1987).
Paraphonia, as in the title, is derived from early medieval writing in which the emphasis of the intervals of the fourth and fifth predominate as a method of sound making. In this case, it is not the modus operandi of the work, but rather it is something which occurs in the work at a point, and it is later reversed instrumentally as invertible counterpoint. While testing the mettle of both the piano and violin, the work allows both these performers to shine in a display of technical force. The basic premise of the work, though, is its concertante style that permeates throughout. And, even thouhgh, the work contains various thematic ideas, it is the concertante aspect of the work which formally credates itself.
Version: Rev. 2006
Year composed: 1982
Duration: 00:10:00
Ensemble type: Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice:Keyboard plus One Instrument
Instrumentation: 1 Piano, 1 Violin