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.
I. Fragments
II. Hymn
III. Rondo & Round
Premiered on March 6th, 2019 by Michael Barenboim (solo violin) and the Boulez Ensemble under Lahav Shani at the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin. Details here.
“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

