The Concerto for Two Violins and String Orchestra, Op. 77 by

Malcolm Arnold Sir Malcolm Henry Arnold (21 October 1921 – 23 September 2006) was an English composer. His works feature music in many genres, including a cycle of nine symphonies, numerous concertos, concert works, chamber music, choral music and music f ...

was finished in

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

. It is in three

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: #Allegro risolutoCraggs, Stewart R. (1998). . Greenwood Publishing Group. page 20. . #Andantino #Vivace – Presto The work was commissioned by

Yehudi Menuhin Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin (22 April 191612 March 1999), was an American-born British violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain. He is widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century. ...

for him and his pupil

Alberto Lysy Alberto Lysy (February 11, 1935 – December 30, 2009) was a prestigious Argentine violinist and conductor of Ukrainian ancestry. The violin gifted to him was a very old Stradivarius. Among his friends were Charlie Chaplin and family whose Swiss ...

. They premiered the work during the Bath International Music Festival on 24 June 1962 at the

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Guildhall. The Bath Festival Orchestra was conducted by the composer.Jackson, Paul R.W. (2003). . Ashgate Publishing. pp. 118-9, 234. . The first London performance was given by Menuhin and Robert Masters, with the Bath Festival Orchestra, and was also conducted by the composer.

Selected commercial recordings

* Alan Loveday and Frances Mason,

London Philharmonic Orchestra The London Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) is a British orchestra based in London. One of five permanent symphony orchestras in London, the LPO was founded by the conductors Thomas Beecham, Sir Thomas Beecham and Malcolm Sargent in 1932 as a riv ...

, conductor

, BBC Radio Classics 15656 91817 *

and Sophia Reuter, Camerata Lysy, conductor

, Dinemec DCCD 001 *

Igor Gruppman Igor Gruppman (born July 4, 1956) is a Ukrainian violinist and conductor. He is the Principal Conductor of the Orchestra at Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Utah, a position he has held since 2003. In May 2009, Igor Gruppman was appointed by Vale ...

and Vesna Gruppman, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, conductor Donald Barra, Koch 37134-2 * Kenneth Sillito and Lyn Fletcher, London Musici, conductor Mark Stephenson, Decca 4765343 * Peter McHugh and Paul Kling,

Louisville Orchestra The Louisville Orchestra is the primary orchestra in Louisville, Kentucky. It was founded in 1937 by Robert Whitney (1904–1986). The Louisville Orchestra employs salaried musicians, and offers a wide variety of concert series to the communit ...

conductor Robert Whitney, First Edition FECD1904

References

External links

The Concerto on Malcolm Arnold's Official SiteFaber Music page on the ConcertoFortissimo, Spring 2008
Two Violins Arnold 1962 compositions Compositions for string orchestra {{concerto-stub