{"product_id":"macmillan-violin-concerto-no-2-violin-and-piano-9781835680810","title":"Macmillan: Violin Concerto No. 2 Violin and Piano","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): James MacMillan\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Boosey \u0026amp; Hawkes Inc\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Boosey \u0026amp; Hawkes Inc\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Genres \u0026amp; Styles - Classical\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(Boosey \u0026amp; Hawkes Chamber Music). Composed in 2021 and dedicated to the soloist Nicola Benedetti, this work was written as a memorial tribute to the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki, who died the previous year and was a major musical influence on the composer, particularly during his formative creative years. MacMillan writes, \"One of the co-commissioners for Violin Concerto no 2 was Polish and I was keen that there be some acknowledgment of the late Penderecki in some way in the new work. I was happy to oblige with a dedication to a composer I have greatly admired from an early age.\" He describes creating a new work for Nicola Benedetti: \"I've worked with Nicola on her recording of the Mendelssohn concerto and on tour with her on the Mozart G Major concerto, and have absorbed a lot from these experiences. I composed From Ayrshire for her some years ago which is a short piece that can be performed with either piano or small orchestral accompaniment. I also wrote a short work for her and some singers of The Sixteen for the very first Cumnock Tryst festival in 2014. All this has been important in the way I have built my relationship with Nicola, and in my approach for this concerto.\" Adopting a more compact format than MacMillan's first violin concerto from 2009, the second employs a medium-sized orchestra and plays continuously in a single through-composed movement of 25 minutes' duration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Boosey \u0026 Hawkes Inc","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47779352707223,"sku":"9781835680810","price":3747.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781835680810.webp?v=1778035738","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/macmillan-violin-concerto-no-2-violin-and-piano-9781835680810","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}