NEW MUSIC TUESDAY | Composer Christopher Cerrone’s Concerto for Violin and Orchestra 'Breaks and Breaks' [2018]

Jennifer Koh performing composer Christopher Cerrone‘s world-premiere performance of Concerto for Violin and Orchestra 'Breaks and Breaks'

Violinist Jennifer Koh performing American composer Christopher Cerrone‘s world-premiere performance of Concerto for Violin and Orchestra 'Breaks and Breaks' - with conductor Peter Oundjian and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

Recorded live on the 25th of May, 2018 - at Detroit's Orchestra Hall.

"I was honored and overjoyed when Jenny called me with the request that I write her a concerto ... I had been tossing ideas back and forth with Erik Rönmark of the Detroit Symphony, and when I suggested the concerto he thought it would make a great collaboration for the three of us ..." Christopher has told The Violin Channel.

“The concerto that resulted, "Breaks and Breaks," tries to combine all the things a violin can do ... lyrical singing, violent fiddling, Bach-like bariolage, microtonal buzzing, and harp-like pizzicato ... and isolate them to structure the work into a seven-part piece,” he has said.

JENNIFER KOH | CHRISTOPHER CERRONE | CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA 'BREAKS AND BREAKS' | PETER OUNDJIAN & DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA | 2018 WORLD PREMIERE

PHOTO CREDIT: MOLLY SHERIDAN