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The accordion concerto has its origin in the twentieth century, following examples as the much older piano concerto or the violin concerto. The instrument accordion developed to a full concert instrument, more and more composers started composing for this instrument, also for accordion and orchestra. In 1937 the first concerto for accordion and ...
They include the popular Hungarian Caprice (1935) [6] and concertos for such instruments as the cimbalom (1969) and accordion (1972). [ 7 ] [ 1 ] He had a particular affinity for composing works in variation form based on Hungarian folk motifs, following in the tradition of Franz Liszt .
In 1941 Galla-Rini also composed his Accordion Concerto in G Minor (no. 1), and premiered it with the Oklahoma City University Symphony Orchestra on November 15, 1941. Since then there have been more than 39 performances of this concerto in the United States as well as additional performances in England, Finland, Norway and Canada. [1]
The accordion was spread across the globe by the waves of Europeans who emigrated to various parts of the world in the late 19th century and early 20th century. The mid-19th-century accordion became a favorite of folk musicians for several reasons: "The new instrument's popularity [among the common masses] was a result of its unique qualities.
The Concerto for Two Accordions, Strings and Percussion, Op. 115 by Aulis Sallinen was written in 2019. It was commissioned by the Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra , which premiered it under Anna-Maria Helsing on February 14, 2020 in the 22nd Kokkola Winter Accordion Festival, with soloists Sonja Vertainen and Janne Valkeajoki . [ 1 ]
Atom Accordion Quintet; Martin Lichtfuss (1959) K*tzbühel - eine Patriotische Huldigung (2008) Martin Lohse (1971) Concerto in tempi (2012) Grégoire Lorieux (1976) Description du blanc (b) (2011) I-Tsen Lu. Jenseits, im ungewissen (1996) Ray Luedeke (1944) Tango Dreams, for accordion and string trio; Torbjörn Lundquist. Bewegungen (1966)
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During the 1990s and the 2000s Skempton started composing longer works for larger forces. These include several concertos, among which are some for instruments rarely used in the western tradition: the hurdy-gurdy (Concerto for hurdy-gurdy and percussion (1994)) and the accordion (Concerto for oboe, accordion and strings (1997)).