Louis Andriessen - La Girò, Violin Concerto (2011)
00:00 I. A ghostly, softly dissonant yet sweet introduction (01:43) The ensemble builds a melancholy bed of sound under the slow, longing violin melody 02:51 A bright quasi-Vivaldi toccata (3:33) (4:52) 05:58 Burningly beautiful chords and the sweet introduction melody bookend the movement (6:41) 07:00 II. The violinist sings and plays a charming Italian folk song. She narrates a traumatic experience playing [in front of her father?] as a child. 09:21 The ensemble joins in her agony with brash, violent music 10:25 An energetic toccata, but still carrying the earlier sorrow (11:39) A slight reprieve with more carefree, dancing woodwinds 12:15 III. "I hate thirds." The violinist recounts a nightmare where her friends and family are shot whenever she makes mistakes. (14:32) 15:02 The violinist returns playing a sorrowful melody (15:35) stressed by harsh bell chords (16:12) The ensemble plays a mocking melody (16:27) 17:07 IV. Sharp piercing chords as the violinist obsessively plays a descending glissando figure (20:27) Softer warmer chords 21:30 Frustrated, the glissando figure devolves into "shrieking seagull" noises (22:28) A bitterly lonely chord ends the piece.