DoReMi
concerto for violin No. 2
Commissioned by Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gewandhaus Leipzig, BBC London
Description
First performance: 18 January 2013, Los Angeles
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Midori Goto, violin
After 60 years of composing, Péter Eötvös liked the idea of returning to where he began as a youngster: putting sounds above or next to each other like building blocks. DoReMi (Doh-Ray-Me) means the beginning of music, it is like 1, 2, 3 in the world of numbers, he says. “We’ve learned it from nursery rhymes and ancient melodies, and we can hear a hierarchal relationship. One of the sounds occurs more frequently and gets the main role, while the other two merely accompany it.” Being wedged between Doh and Me, Ray seems to want to escape from the pressure of the other two. If it succeeds, it gets the central position so that everything revolves around it.
Performances
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Eötvös: Alle vittime senza nome
Eötvös: DoReMi violin concerto No. 2
Debussy: Tarantelle styrienne
Kodály: Háry János suite
Concerts: 24 October, Helsinki, Finland
Eötvös: Alle vittime senza nome/DoReMi violin concerto
Eötvös: Alle vittime senza nome
Eötvös: DoReMi violin concerto No. 2
With: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Concert: 24 October, Helsinki, Finland
Eötvös: Alle vittime senza nome/DoReMi violin concerto
Eötvös: Alle vittime senza nome
Eötvös: DoReMi violin concerto No. 2
With: Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Concert: 23 October, Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Phil. Orch.
Eötvös: Alle vittime senza nome
Eötvös: DoReMi violin concerto No. 2
Debussy: Tarantelle styrienne
Kodály: Háry János suite
Concerts: 23 October, Helsinki, Finland
Porto Symphony Orchestra
Eötvös: DoReMi
cond.: Eötvös
Venue: Casa da Música
Eötvös: DoReMi
Porto Symphony Orchestra
cond.: Eötvös
Venue: Casa da Música
Eötvös: Porto Symphony Orchestra
Kurtág: Petite musique solennelle
Eötvös: DoReMi
Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin suite
Concert: 23 March, Casa da Música Porto, Portugal
Eötvös: Alle vittime senza nome, DoReMi
Orchestre de Paris
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Orchestra: Orchestre de Paris
Eötvös: Alle vittime senza nome, DoReMi
Orchestre de Paris
Eötvös: Alle vittime senza nome, Doremi, Bartók: The Wooden Prince
Concert: 24 October, Paris, Philharmonie de Paris
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Hans Drewanz
Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Basel
Eötvös: DoReMi
Swiss premiere
Conductor: Hans Drewanz
Orchestra: Sinfonieorchester Basel
Göteborgs Symfoniker
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Orchestra: Göteborgs Symfoniker
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Orchestra: Göteborgs Symfoniker
Göteborgs Symfoniker
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Orchestra: Göteborgs Symfoniker
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Jan Talich
Orchestra: Filharmonie Hradec Králové
SWR Symphonieorchester
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Venue: Konzerthaus
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Orchestra: SWR Symphonieorchester
Venue: Konzerthaus
SWR Symphonieorchester
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Venue: Leiderhalle
Eötvös: DoReMi
SWR Symphonieorchester
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Venue: Leiderhalle
SWR Symphonieorchester
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Venue: Leiderhalle
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Orchestra: SWR Symphonieorchester
Venue: Leiderhalle
Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Eötvös: DoReMi
Austrian premiere
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Venue: Orchesterhaus
Eötvös: DoReMi
Austrian premiere
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Orchestra: Mozarteumorchester Salzburg
Venue: Orchesterhaus
Eötvös: Speaking drums, Cello Concerto Grosso, DoReMi
Speaking drums: perc. Martin Grubinger
Cello Concerto Grosso: vcl. Jean-Guihen Queyras
DoReMi: vl. Midori
Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra
Eötvös: DoReMi - French premiere
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Orchestra: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Berliner Philharmoniker
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Berliner Philharmoniker
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Orchestra: Berliner Philharmoniker
Eötvös: The gliding of the eagle in the skies, DoReMi
vl. Akiko Suwanai
Savaria Symphony Orchestra
conductor: Gergely Madaras
International Bartók Festival
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Gergely Madaras
Orchestra: Savaria Symphony Orchestra Szombathely
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Alan Gilbert
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic
Venue: Avery Fisher Hall
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Alan Gilbert
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic
Venue: Avery Fisher Hall
Eötvös: DoReMi
Hungarian premiere
Conductor: Gergely Madaras
Orchestra: Hungarian Radio Symphony Orchestra
violin: Patricia Kopatchinskaja
Venue: Müpa
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Eötvös: DoReMi
Dutch premiere
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Orchestra: Radio Filharmonisch Orkest
Radio Philharmonic Orchestra
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Cologne Philharmonie
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Orchestra: Radio Filharmonisch Orchestra
Cologne Philharmonie
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Venue: Herkulessaal der Residenz
Eötvös: DoReMi
Conductor: Peter Eötvös
Orchestra: Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
Venue: Herkulessaal der Residenz
Eötvös: DoReMi - German premiere
Performances: 4, 5 April, 2013
Conductor: Kent Nagano
Orchestra: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig
Eötvös: DoReMi
UK premiere
PROMS Festival
Conductor: Esa-Pekka Salonen
Midori, violin
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Albert Hall, London
Eötvös: DoReMi
Gewandhaus Orchestra, Midori, violin
Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Eötvös: DoReMi
Gewandhaus Orchestra, Midori, violin
Gewandhaus, Leipzig
Eötvös: DoReMi
World premiere
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic
Eötvös: DoReMi
World premiere
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic
Eötvös: DoReMi
World premiere
Conductor: Pablo Heras-Casado
Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic
Details
Publisher information
Schott Music Mainz
Orchestration
3 flutes (2nd also piccolo, 3rd also alto flute)
2 oboes (2nd also cor anglais)
3 clarinets in A (2nd also clarinet in Eb, 3rd also bass clarinet in Bb)
2 bassoons (2nd also contrabassoon)
2 horns in F
2 trumpets in Bb
1 alto trombone in Eb
percussion (3 players):
I (left)*:
glockenspiel
triangle (middle)
bongo (very high)
2 metal tubes (middle, high)
sizzle cymbal
maracas
3 woodblocks
Chinese dom-cymbal (low, approx. 21 cm)
II (centre):
xylophone
triangle (low)
crotales (chrom.)
tubular bells (chrom.)
gongs
caxixi
guiro (middle-high)
Chinese dom-cymbal (middle, approx. 18 cm)
III (right)*:
2 cymbals (low, middle)
triangle (high)
bongo (high)
sizzle cymbal
maracas
tamburo basco (high)
Chinese dom-cymbal (high, approx. 15 cm)
tam-tam (middle-low)
cowbells (chrom.)
*) as seen by the conductor
harp
celesta
12 violins I
10 violins II
8 violas
8 violoncellos
6 double basses (3rd and 4th five-string basses)