Triple Concerto No. 2 (Smirnov)

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Triple Concerto
No. 2
by Dmitri Smirnov
The composer in 2006
OccasionCentenary of the London Symphony Orchestra
Composed2003 (2003)
Performed26 May 2004 (2004-05-26)
Scoring

The Triple Concerto No. 2, Op. 139, is a concerto for three instruments – violin, harp and double bass – and orchestra by Dmitri Smirnov, composed in 2003. It was premiered in the centenary concert of the London Symphony Orchestra on 26 May 2004, with principal players from the orchestra as soloists.

History

Smirnov composed several

percussion in 1977[1] when he lived in Russia,[2] and the Triple Concerto No. 2 for violin, harp, double bass and orchestra in 2003,[3] when he was a resident of England.[2] It was published by Boosey & Hawkes.[3]

The world premiere of the Triple Concerto No. 2 was performed at the

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus.[3][4] The soloists were violinist Gordan Nikolitch, harpist Bryn Lewis, and double bassist Rinat Ibragimov,[3] all principal players of the LSO.[4]

Scoring

The Triple Concerto is structured in three sections or movements:[4]

  1. Con moto
  2. Lento
  3. Presto

Smirnov scored the work for the three solo instruments, and an orchestra consisting of

side drum, bass drum, glockenspiel, xylophone, bells), and strings.[3] The concerto takes about 25 minutes to perform.[4]

The first movement has been described by a reviewer as "music meant to wound", the second movement as "unsettling and angst-ridden", and the third movement was compared to a Hitchcock film track.[4] The three solo instruments complement each other, comparable to the voice types soprano for the violin, mezzo-soprano for the harp, and basso profundo for the double bass. They are at times combined sounding like one voice, and at times "play in radical styles with distinctly foreign sounding voices".[4] Episodes follow each other in collage fashion, in intentionally heterogeneous styles and sounds.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Triple Concerto No. 1". Sikorski (in German). Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Dmitri N. Smirnov / Biography". Boosey & Hawkes. 2001. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Smirnov, Dmitri / Triple Concerto No.2 op. 139 (2003)". Boosey & Hawkes. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Russell, Alex (August 2004). "Dmitri Smirnov & Gustav Mahler; Gordan Nikolitch (violin), Rinat Ibragimov (double-bass), Bryn Lewis (harp); Laura Claycomb (sop), Michelle DeYoung (mez-sop); London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; Sir Andrew Davis (conductor); Barbican Centre, 26th May, 2004". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
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