Maconchy: Symphony for Double String Orchestra - Serenata Concertante
4/1/2007, 13 Tracks, 1:07:48
Featuring
Vernon Handley
Manoug Parikian
Barry Wordsworth
London Philharmonic Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Elizabeth Maconchy
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Compositional Technique
The Symphony for Double String Orchestra uses two separate string bodies, arranged in a semicircle, allowing them to be used antiphonally or as a single unit.
Composer Biography
Elizabeth Maconchy, born in England in 1907, decided to become a composer at the age of six, despite coming from an unmusical family.
Composer Biography
Elizabeth Maconchy was the first woman chairman of the Composers' Guild in 1959 and later became president of the SPNM after Benjamin Britten's death.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Elizabeth Maconchy considered her Symphony for Double String Orchestra a symphony due to its 'weight and serious content' and form, despite its consistently contrapuntal string writing.
Composer Biography
Elizabeth Maconchy studied with Vaughan Williams at the Royal College of Music, who became a lifelong friend.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Elizabeth Maconchy's orchestral music is more expansive and lyrical than her string quartets, which she described as 'passionately intellectual and intellectually passionate'.
