DESCRIPTION:
Magnus Lindberg (b. 1958) - violin concerto (composed 2006)
Pekka Kuusisto - violin & conducting
Tapiola Sinfonietta

0:00 - 1st movement
11:09 - 2nd movement
20:27 - 3rd movement

“It's been said that Magnus Lindberg forges his works more from harmony and rhythm than from unfolding melodic lines, and the celestial acrobatics of this neatly constructed Violin Concerto, a real star-burst of a piece, tend to bear out that theory. The work opens like a bright light descending, the soloist a first among equals who, beyond his brief cadenza, witnesses a gradual darkening of orchestral texture.
The harmonic complexion can be either ravishing or dissonant, and the range of musical gesture, from ethereal reverie to Bartókian dance is consistently gripping. (taken from a Gramophone Magazine review)