Violin Concerto No.1 (2001)

Date of composition: 2001; Duration: 33’00; Commissioning body: Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Premiere performers: Thomas Bowes/Joseph Swensen/Scottish Chamber Orchestra; Publisher: Eleanor Alberga

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Instrumentation:

2(picc).2.2.2(cbn)/2.2.0.0/ timp.perc/pf/str(8.6.4.4.2 min) + vn solo

Percussion:

Player I – timps, pair of cymbals, metal wind chimes

Player 2 – vibraphone, glockenspiel, bass-drum, 2 woodblocks (high and low), cowbell (gong-gong), pair of cymbals, suspended cymbal, triangle, cabassa (+ beads to slide across), tambourine, sleighbells