MUSIC FOR VIOLA & ORCHESTRA

Composer: 
Matthew Davidson
Scoring: 
2222,2211, 2 percussion, harp, Strings
Year Authored: 
2011
Duration (min): 
15 minutes approx
Movements-Titles: 
1. Bulun Bat Eta Bulun Bi
Movements-Titles: 
2. Douce Dame Jolie
Movements-Titles: 
3. Kurkku-Viili Kastike
Publisher: 
ACA
Publisher URL: 
American Composers Alliance

Ensemble Type

Instruments

Composer's note:  In this work, the first movement uses two Basque melodies (one of which is a Basque lullaby whose text contains only Basque nonsense words) for the first group and a "Bulgarianized" version of a Hungarian folk melody for the second in this short sonata form.  The second movement is an arrangement of a 14th century melody by Guillaume de Machault, and the last owes something to Scandinavian folk music (the obscure title refers to a favorite Finnish dill-infused salad dressing that I like to make on occasion).