I love working with chamber orchestras in the double role of soloist and director, there is a very direct contact with the other musicians and a great energy. Here are some favourite pieces and programmes:
Vivaldi
Violin Concerto ‘La tempesta di Mare’
Violin Concerto “Il Piacere’
Le Quatro Stagioni
Mozart
Violin Concerto No.3. in G Major
Violin Concerto No.5. in A Major
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Orchestra in E flat Major
Alban Berg
Violin Concerto ‘To the Memory of an Angel’ (chamber version by W. Abendrot for violin, string quintet and organ)
Piazzolla/Destyatnikov
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, for Violin and Strings
Max Richter:
The four seasons recomposed
Arvo Pärt
Fratres, for Solo Violin, Bass Drum and Strings
Schnittke
Sonata No.1, for Violin, Harpsichord and Strings
Peteris Vasks
Distant Light, for Violin and Strings, Vox Amoris, Lonely Angel
Robert Davidson
Still and Still Moving,
Marcelo Nisinman
The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, for Violin, Bandoneon, Cello, Piano and Strings
A few program ideas:
Distant light
Shostakowitch: Two pieces for octet
Vasks: Lonely angel
Golijov: Last round
Vasks: Distant light
The Eight Seasons – three versions
Vivaldi: Le Quatro Stagioni
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Piazzolla: Los Quatro Estaçiones de Buenos Aires
Vivaldi le Quatro Stagioni, for Violin, Harpsichord and Strings
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Glass: The American Four Seasons
Vivaldi: Le quatro stagioni
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Piazzolla/Nisinman: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Four Seasons – One day
Vivaldi: Le quatro stagioni
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Henning Kraggerud: Equinox
Chanson triste
Arvo Pärt: Fratres
Shostakowitch: Chamber Symphony, after String Quartet No. 8
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Tchaikowsky: Chanson Triste and Valse sentimentale
Tchaikowsky: Serenade for Strings
Passion from north and south
Turina El oraçion del torero
Berio: selection from duets for 2 violins, ending with all violins
Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
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Tchaikowsky: Serenade for Strings
Latin!
Rossini: Sonata No. 2 in A major
Maria Lavista: Reflechos del noche
Bizet/Milone: Carmen Phantasy for four violins and bass
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Puccini: Chrisantemi
Verdi: String Quartet
London, New York, Kraków, Buenos Aires
Purcell: Chaconne on a Ground Bass
Glass: Company
Penderecki: Sinfonietta
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Piazzolla: The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires