William Bergsma's Violin Concerto is a composition for Violin and Orchestra completed in 1965.

Structure

The composition is in three movements: #'' Moderato pesante'' #''Poco adagio'' #''Allegro

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'' A typical performance takes around 22 minutes

Performance history

Broeker noted that the first performance took place on 18 May 1966. Further performances by other university orchestras followed in 1968 and 1969 . The first and to date only recording was released by Vox Turnabout in 1971 paired with Morton Subotnick's "Laminations" and John Eaton's "Concert Piece for Synket and Orchestra".

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* * * * Compositions by William Bergsma Bergsma 1965 compositions 20th-century classical music {{Concerto-stub