Canfield: Concerto after Elgar for Viola and Orchestra (score/parts)

Code: JP6054ISMN: 979-0-3019-0676-7 Although cast in the traditional three movements, Concerto after Elgar contains little that is traditional in form in any of its movements, any more than is the case in Elgar's own concertos. Each movement in the work contains a sequence of slower and faster sections, and each begins with an orchestral introduction and ends with a quick flurry of notes. The second movement is essentially two movements conflated into one, merging a noble slow movement with a quicksilver scherzo. Stylistically, Canfield states that he sought to mimic Elgar through certain harmonic and melodic sequences, including a bit of use of his trademark melodic descending minor seventh, and employed Elgar's habit of frequently changing the tempo and tonal regions, often to distantly related areas of harmony from that of the fundamental key of each movement. The listener will note Canfield’s attempt in the last movement to create a new "Pomp and Circumstance March" in further homa