Sleep
Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra
by James Matheson
Orchestra - Sheet Music

Orchestra Bass Drum, Bassoon, Clarinet, Contrabass, Flute, Glockenspiel, Horn, Marimba, Oboe, Percussion, Piano, Piccolo, Tam-tam, Timpani, Trombone, Trumpet, Vibraphone, Viola, Violin, Violin 1, Violin 2, Violoncello, Xylophone

SKU: PR.41641421L

Concerto for Violin and Chamber Orchestra. Composed by James Matheson. Contemporary. Large Score. With Standard notation. Composed March 15 1997. 95 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #416-41421L. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.41641421L).

UPC: 680160602056. 11 x 17 inches.

Composed for violinist Baird Dodge in 1995-97, SLEEP is a 25-minute concerto in three movements. Thefirst movement (Twitching) is dramatic in character, full of contrasts, pitting the violin against the orchestra in more or less romantic fashion. The second (Breathing) is comprised of overlapping layers of simple harmonies accompanying a freely evolving, lyrical melody in the violin. In the third movement (Sweating), the soloist and ensemble initially work together to create a rising line. They soon diverge, and an increasing layering of multiple lines throughout the ensemble leads to a very high point of density which is then abruptly cut off by the virtuosic frenzy in the violin which ends the work.