Concerto for Violin and Piano

Concerto for Violin was written in two versions—piano and orchestra—and completed in 1994. The first and last movements, “Patterns I” and “Patterns II,” are counterparts, based upon contrasting musical ideas organized within a tight framework. Free slow sections alternate with fast rhythmic ones leading to frenzied endings. The second movement, “Idyll,” is based on a three-note figure that first appears at the beginning of the solo violin. This figure is transformed throughout the composition into several rhythmic and melodic ideas and in various tonal centers.