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Description: Kurt Weill developed his creative energies mainly within the world of musical theater, where he proved to be an immensely productiveand imaginative innovator, but he also left behind a small body of work for the concert hall. The Concerto for Violin and Wind Orchestra op. 12 dates from the spring of 1924. Scored for two flutes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, one oboe and trumpet, percussion and four contrabasses, the concerto comprises three movements. While composing the work, Weill informed his publisher: 'I am workingon a concerto for violin and wind orchestra that I hope to finish within two or three weeks. The work is inspired by the idea - one never carried out before - of juxtaposing a single violin with a chorus of winds.' The specific character of Weill's concerto as music written for chamber orchestra (with an often soloistic treatment of instruments) leads to a transparency that requires utmost precision in the ensemble playing. In the quest for an overall sonic balance, the coarser-sounding wind instruments need to explore all dynamic nuances. The solo part is challenging not only from a technical standpoint but also from an acoustic one (it is crucial to make the violin 'sound'). In spite of these challenges - or precisely because of them - critics in the 1920s called the solo parthighly idiomatic and extremely rewarding. Since then the concerto has become a 'modern classic' in concert halls around the world. (Elmar Juchem, August 2010).
The score is based on the critical text of the Kurt Weill Edition Ser. II, Vol. 2.
Description: These arrangements of songs from The Threepenny Opera will be welcomed by choral directors seeking something quite different for their choir. Apart from the a cappella arrangements provided, they could also be performed with the piano accompaniment in the vocal score (UE 31544). Instruments from the original version could also be added. In any case, these songs would make an attractive addition to any concert programme. Songs include: The Ballad of Mack the Knife, Call from the Grave, Peachum's Morning Hymn, the Second Threepenny Finale and Song of the Insufficiency of Human Endeavour.
Description: For soprano, flute, viola, clarinet, horn, bassoon. Edited by Jürgen Selk after the text of the Kurt Weill Edition (critical edition). Texts in German. Parts on rental.
