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Kyung-wha Chung (born 26 March 1948 Seoul, South Korea) is a Korean violinist
A pioneer in the Asian classical music circuit, Kyung-wha Chung's musical career began at the age of three. Her fame peaked in the seventies and eighties along with other famous violinists such as Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman. In her prime, she was well known for her interpretations of Romantic and Modern music. She is still quite actively performing, and expanding her repertoire to Baroque and Mozart in recent years.
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馬克斯·克裏斯蒂安·腓特烈·布魯赫（Max Christian Friedrich Bruch，1838年1月6日－1920年10月2日) ，德國浪漫樂派作曲家、指揮家、音樂教育家。代表作是《第一號g小調小提琴協奏曲》。
布魯赫出生於科隆，在那裏他師從作曲家鋼琴家Ferdinand Hiller接受早期的音樂教育，然後在曼海姆、科布倫茨、柏林等地從事音樂教學和指揮，1880年－1883年擔任the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society指揮，從1890年到1910年退休之間，他在柏林音樂學院（Berlin Hochschule für Musik）教授音樂，培養出一批有名望的學生。
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Violin Concerto No. 1 (Bruch)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, is one of the most popular violin concertos in the repertoire. It continues to be performed and recorded by many violinists and is arguably Bruch's most famous composition.[1]
Instrumentation
The work is scored for solo violin and a standard classical orchestra consisting of two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani, and strings.[3]
The first movement is unusual in that it is a Vorspiel, a prelude, to the second movement and is directly linked to it. The impression it gives towards listeners is almost like a smooth army march, yet an anticipatory feeling prevails throughout. The piece starts off slowly, with the melody first taken by the flutes, and then the ravishing solo violin becomes audible with a short cadenza. This repeats again, serving as an introduction to the main portion of the movement, which contains a strong first theme and a very melodic, and generally slower, second theme. The movement ends as it began, with the two short cadenzas more virtuosic than before, and the orchestra's final tutti flows into the second movement, connected by a single low note from the bassoon.
The slow second movement is often adored for its powerful melody, and is generally considered to be the heart of the concerto. The rich, expansive themes, presented by the violin, are underscored by a constantly moving orchestra part, keeping the movement alive and helping it flow from one part to the next.
The third movement, the finale, opens with an extremely intense, yet quiet, orchestral introduction that yields to the soloist's statement of the exuberant theme in brilliant double stops. It is very much like a dance that moves at a comfortably fast and energetic tempo. The second subject is a fine example of Romantic lyricism, a slower melody which cuts into the movement several times, before the dance theme returns with its fireworks. The piece ends with a huge accelerando, leading to a fiery finish that gets higher as it gets faster and louder and eventually concludes with two short, yet grand chords.
Bruch also composed two more violin concertos, but neither are as well known as his first.
A pioneer in the Asian classical music circuit, Kyung-wha Chung's musical career began at the age of three. Her fame peaked in the seventies and eighties along with other famous violinists such as Pinchas Zukerman and Itzhak Perlman. In her prime, she was well known for her interpretations of Romantic and Modern music. She is still quite actively performing, and expanding her repertoire to Baroque and Mozart in recent years.
布魯赫出生於科隆，在那裏他師從作曲家鋼琴家Ferdinand Hiller接受早期的音樂教育，然後在曼海姆、科布倫茨、柏林等地從事音樂教學和指揮，1880年－1883年擔任the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Society指揮，從1890年到1910年退休之間，他在柏林音樂學院（Berlin Hochschule für Musik）教授音樂，培養出一批有名望的學生。
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Max Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26, is one of the most popular violin concertos in the repertoire. It continues to be performed and recorded by many violinists and is arguably Bruch's most famous composition.[1]
Instrumentation
The work is scored for solo violin and a standard classical orchestra consisting of two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, timpani, and strings.[3]
Movements
The concerto is in three movements:
Vorspiel: Allegro moderato
Adagio
Finale: Allegro energico
The first movement is unusual in that it is a Vorspiel, a prelude, to the second movement and is directly linked to it. The impression it gives towards listeners is almost like a smooth army march, yet an anticipatory feeling prevails throughout. The piece starts off slowly, with the melody first taken by the flutes, and then the ravishing solo violin becomes audible with a short cadenza. This repeats again, serving as an introduction to the main portion of the movement, which contains a strong first theme and a very melodic, and generally slower, second theme. The movement ends as it began, with the two short cadenzas more virtuosic than before, and the orchestra's final tutti flows into the second movement, connected by a single low note from the bassoon.
The slow second movement is often adored for its powerful melody, and is generally considered to be the heart of the concerto. The rich, expansive themes, presented by the violin, are underscored by a constantly moving orchestra part, keeping the movement alive and helping it flow from one part to the next.
The third movement, the finale, opens with an extremely intense, yet quiet, orchestral introduction that yields to the soloist's statement of the exuberant theme in brilliant double stops. It is very much like a dance that moves at a comfortably fast and energetic tempo. The second subject is a fine example of Romantic lyricism, a slower melody which cuts into the movement several times, before the dance theme returns with its fireworks. The piece ends with a huge accelerando, leading to a fiery finish that gets higher as it gets faster and louder and eventually concludes with two short, yet grand chords.
Bruch also composed two more violin concertos, but neither are as well known as his first.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violin_Concerto_No._1_(Bruch)