Duration ca. 26′
For Violin & Chamber Orchestra
Catalogue # LMP039
Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1(cbsn.)-2.1.1.0-2perc-pno-VlnSolo-str(1.1.1.1.1)
For Violin & Orchestra
Catalogue # LMP042
Instrumentation: 2(Picc.).2(E.H.).2.2(CBsn.).2.1.1.0.2perc-hp-VlnSolo-str.
Premiered on March 6th, 2019 by Michael Barenboim (solo violin) and the Boulez Ensemble under Lahav Shani at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin.
“Roustom’s Violin Concerto No. 1, a homage to Mozart’s fascination with Arabic & Turkish music, is not Mozart “alla turca”, but conversely Turkish and North African “alla Vienna”: As far as the vitality, the profound cheerfulness, the dancelike dialogue between instruments are concerned, Roustom’s work is infected by Mozart’s élan.” Der Tagesspiegel
