Chamber Music, String Orchestra, Strings Concerto
Version of PPP (Penderecki’s Party Piece), orchestrated for violin and strings as a birthday present for Elzbieta Penderecki Instrumentation Violin and stringsDuration 7′ Click here to view the score
Concertos, Programme Notes, Soloist & String Orchestra, Strings Concerto
The Double Bass Concerto was commissioned by Leon Bosch who gave the first performance at the Minehead Festival in July 2018 with the Festival Orchestra conducted by Richard Dickins. 1. Allegro deciso After a short, bustling, rhythmically complex and unison orchestral...
Concertos, Piano Reduction, Programme Notes, Strings, Strings Concerto
Recitative; Aria; Intermezzo; Tarantella Paul Patterson has had a long relationship with the world of the string instrument. Works like the Sinfonia for Strings, Tides of Mananan and the often performed Violin and Cello concertos are central to his instrumental...
Concertos, Piano Reduction, Programme Notes, Strings, Strings Concerto
Concertante works for cello and strings are something of a rarity. The Cello Concerto was written for Raphael Wallfisch and the Primavera Chamber Orchestra, and it was premiered by these forces at the Rye Festival in September 2002. Patterson connoisseurs will hardly...
Concertos, Piano Reduction, Strings, Strings Concerto
Commissioned by the Goldberg Ensemble and Malcolm Layfield, and first performed at the Cheltenham International Festival of Music in 1992. Patterson’s Violin Concerto has become one of the most widely-travelled of all his works, with performances as far a field...
Concertos, Programme Notes, Soloist & Orchestra, Strings, Strings Concerto
I. Toccata II. Barcarolle III. Valse-Scherzo Patterson has written a number of concertos featuring stringed instruments, and this work is his second for solo violin. It was commissioned by the Kingston Philharmonia in memory of Sylvia Green and specially written for...