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Concerto for 15 soloist strings
M.481 (1994)
LISTEN TO THE WORK – SCORE EXCERPT
This recording has been produced by the Radio Suisse Romande Espace 2,
on December 3rd, 2003, at the
Lausanne Cathedral
Performers :
Orchester
of the Tibor Varga Festival, conducted by Tibor Varga
Each instrumentalist is at the same time soloist, chamber musician and
member of the orchestra. Personal order by Tibor Varga. First performed during
the opening concert of the Tibor Varga Festival 1994.
Duration of the work : approximately 20 minutes
« The Concerto for 15 solo strings by Laurent Mettraux, young
composer born in Fribourg in 1970, had its successful first performance in 1994, as a personal order by Tibor Varga.
After the concert, all musicians asked :
- When shall we play this work again ? It is such a pleasure to play it
! »
(excerpt taken from the book “Tibor Varga”, by Robert-F. Rudin, Bersy –
Editions, Sion, 1995)