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Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra Description and
performance notes.
The
concerto provides a challenge for the performer and is delightful to the
listener. It is written in the standard three movement concerto format: fast
slow fast. A variety of musical
colors, rhythms, and techniques are used.
The first movement begins with an Adagio section which is marked Poco
Rubato, followed by Allegro for the balance of the movement. The second movement is darker, and perhaps, a
little sullen. The third movement is bright and harkens back to the guitars
Spanish roots. The movement is happy and
light, it has an abrupt and unexpected ending. Throughout the concerto the
guitarist will use a wide range of techniques. The full sound spectrum of the guitar is
utilized. The guitarist is asked to perform
several rapid arpeggios (noted as "Finger Roll") wherein the performer utilizes
the thumb and fingers to rapidly play the notes in a chord. In other places, chords are to be played with
three fingers playing up and the thumb to play down, using the nail (Flamenco
style) up and down referring to pitch.
In the first movement, the thumb is used to tap the sound board. The guitar part is partially edited with suggested
fingerings for clarity of intent. The balance
is left for to the performers interpretation.
In the second movement there is a "completed" tremolo section which
requires the player to include the little or "c" finger. The inclusion of the "c" finger keeps the
melodic line following without interruption.
The second movement also has the melody played in artificial harmonics
with the thumb playing simple a bass line. The third movement is the shortest. It has a challenging arpeggio pattern that
uses the fingers strumming up and the thumb strumming down with rapid chord
changes. The movements are in 4/4, 6/8,
and 3/4 time respectively. Duration is
approx. 13:18.
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