Poll
Question:
Which is it?
Option 1: Barber
votes: 6
Option 2: Schuman
votes: 0
Option 3: Piston 1
votes: 0
Option 4: Piston 2
votes: 0
Option 5: Adams
votes: 0
Option 6: Rochberg
votes: 0
Option 7: Glass
votes: 2
Option 8: Rouse
votes: 0
Option 9: Harris
votes: 0
Option 10: Carter
votes: 2
Option 11: Other
votes: 2
Option 12: Adams Dharma
votes: 1
Option 13: Adams Scheherazade
votes: 0
A follow-up to the "Great American Symphony" discussion: choose only 1!
Quote from: Archaic Torso of Apollo on November 04, 2016, 07:58:34 AM
A follow-up to the "Great American Symphony" discussion: choose only 1!
Ahem, cough, cough.
John Adams has composed two violin concerti, the second being
Dharma at Big Sur. Yes, it is not titled 'concerto,' and yes, it is for a six-string electric violin, but nonetheless....
Of his two, I think
Dharma at Big Sur is possibly his masterpiece -- to date, anyway.
Quote from: Monsieur Croche on November 04, 2016, 08:04:12 AM
John Adams has composed two violin concerti, the second being Dharma at Big Sur. Yes, it is not titled 'concerto,' and yes, it is for a six-string electric violin, but nonetheless....
Of his two, I think Dharma at Big Sur is possibly his masterpiece -- to date, anyway.
OK...modified to reflect that, as well as his newest VC, that Scheherezade (however you spell it) thing.
Barber's VC gets my vote and will always get my vote if we're talking strictly American VCs. I like Bernstein's Serenade a lot as well, which is a VC in all but a name.
Anything that makes you choose from a set list is immediately irreparably flawed.
Except that this list includes "other" which offers a bit of scope . . .
My favorite American violin concerto is the Barber and the Schuman...
Two. My two favorite American violin concertos are the Barber, Schuman, Adams...
Three. I have three favorite American violin concertos. They are the Barber, Schuman, Adams, Rochberg....
Four. There four that are among my favorites. They include the Barber, Schuman, Adams, Rochberg, Carter..... :(
Five. There are five. They include but not limited to...whatever.
I voted "other". I mean, no David Diamond, Stanley Wolfe, Bernstein "Symposium"...
But my preferred workis probably Carter's VC.
There's more than one by Glass.
Quote from: arpeggio on November 04, 2016, 04:35:31 PM
My favorite American violin concerto is the Barber and the Schuman...
Two. My two favorite American violin concertos are the Barber, Schuman, Adams...
Three. I have three favorite American violin concertos. They are the Barber, Schuman, Adams, Rochberg....
Four. There four that are among my favorites. They include the Barber, Schuman, Adams, Rochberg, Carter..... :(
Five. There are five. They include but not limited to...whatever.
The Barber and the Schuman sounds like the title of a comic opera. However, they are two separate concertos, so why do you list one more than the number you say in each sentence here?
Other. Korngold Violin Concerto op.35, composed in 1945. (Korngold became an American citizen in 1943.)
Sarge
Quote from: Maestro267 on November 05, 2016, 04:46:50 AM
The Barber and the Schuman sounds like the title of a comic opera. However, they are two separate concertos, so why do you list one more than the number you say in each sentence here?
He fears the comfy chair.
Quote from: Ken B on November 05, 2016, 05:50:09 AM
He fears the comfy chair.
Thanks. At least someone gets it :(