ignis fatuus

Titre

ignis fatuus

Description

Brazilian composer Marcos Balter composed "ignis fatuus" for solo violin. The work was premiered in June 2008 and was a semifinalist at the International Violin Competition, DePaul Concert Hall in Chicago, IL.

Program notes, as included on the publisher's website: "Commissioned by the Holland America Music Society as the compulsory piece of its 2008 International Violin Competition, ignis fatuus (translation: foolish light; also known as “will-o’-the-wisp” or feau follet) is an extensive exploration of polyphonic textures for solo violin using Paganini's Caprice No. 6 as a non-literal point of departure."
Duration: 6.5 minutes

Créateur

Balter, Marcos (b. 1974)

Source

Marcos Balter (personal website), https://marcosbalter.com/works/
fernando riederer, "Marcos Balter - Ignis fatuus (2008)" (YouTube), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r_wqjFBS4g&t=30s&ab_channel=fernandoriederer

Éditeur

PSNY

Date

2008

Format

0-10 minutes

Couverture

2000-

Instrumentation

violin / violon

Ensemble Type

solo

Citer ce document

Balter, Marcos (b. 1974), “ignis fatuus,” Music EnLivened, consulté le 21 novembre 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/music-enlivened/items/show/209.

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