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Concerto for 15 soloist strings

 

M.481 (1994)

 

 

LISTEN TO THE WORK

 

 

BEGINNING OF THE SCORE

 

 

 

This recording has been produced by the Radio Suisse Romande Espace 2,

on December 3rd, 2003, at the Lausanne Cathedral

 

Performers :

 

Orchestra 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)