About the creation

The composition was completed on January 26, 1966. It is scored for violin solo and 8 instruments: flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, harp, violoncello and double bass. The general mood of this work is light, clear, and rather joyful. A short first movement ('Lento') is built on an arpeggio motif, a simple ascending melody and a short quotation from Bruckner's fourth Symphony. The 'Concerto'-movement proper has two distinct sections. The first, 'Scherzando', is a light and merry dance piece in which the soloist displays his skills, much helped by his eight colleagues. The arpeggio motif of the soloist displays his skills, much helped by his eight colleagues. The arpeggio motif of the 'Lento' leads into the second section: 'Andante con moto', a long-spun-out cantilena for the violin, repeated by the violoncello. The harp serves as a transition into the Cadenza for the soloist. A repeated and further development of the "Scherzando" leads into a very short second Cadenza and a fast and virtuoso "presto"- Coda. (Composer's note)