Violin Concerto No.1, Op.31

Category		Orchestral > Concertos
Composed		1982-1983
Duration (approx)		24 minutes
Parts		2(II=picc). 2(II=ca). 2(II=Ebcl).bsax(=bcl). 2(II=cbsn) - 4221 - timp - perc(2): jazz drum kit/BD/tam-t/tamb/tgl/ch. cym/bell tree/glsp/vib/xyl/mar/crot - cel(=pno) - harp - strings (min 8.6.4.4.2)
Notes		An arrangement of the first movement as a fantasia, Op.26.
Related Works		White Nights (violin, small orchestra), Op.26
Recording(s)		Violin Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Oboe Concerto, After Sunrise
Publisher		Faber Music
First performance		2 November 1983
Venue		Studio 7, Manchester
Orchestra / Ensemble		BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor		Bryden Thomson
Soloists / Players		Ernst Kovacic (violin)
Review		Bayan Northcott, The Sunday Telegraph, 8 July 1984
		… a big, two-movement piece, which in its episodic, strongly contrasted way showed a refreshing independence of conventional procedures …