Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet Op.28 (1989)

for violin, piano and string quartet

c. 18'00" (listen to sample)

Commissioned by the Spoleto Festival

First performance: 28 May, 1989; Spoleto Festival; Charleston, South Carolina
Joshua Bell, violin; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, piano; The Ridge Quartet

Dedicated to Scott Nickrenz

Published by Theodore Presser Company | #114-40520

Recordings:
Albany Records|Terwilliger, Cooperstock et al.

Reviews:

"...a significant addition to the chamber music repertoire. It is brilliant, melodious, heartwarming music that soars and shimmers, rises to frenzies and engages in moments of intense dialogue."

The Washington Post

"...a score that is likely to become a staple of the chamber music repertoire."

The State (Columbia, SC)

"The audience exploded with tumultuous applause. Lowell Liebermann is one of America's most gifted young composers."

Evening Post (Charleston, SC)

"Lowell Liebermann's "Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet" is simply smashing...its expansiveness is in its depth, its matching of spiritual intent to heroic expression and architectural solidity. This special melding of soul, body and mind is the hallmark of great music."

The Star-Ledger (NJ)

"Once again we observed how idiomatically and effectively Liebermann writes for violin and piano, and also for string quartet, whose contributions added considerable substance to the ensemble. Some of the memorable moments were a cello solo over plodding chords in the piano suggesting a chorale and lovely violin and piano cadenzas over tremolos from the string quartet. The final section, with its interesting rhythms, acheived a lovely intensity."

Lyn Bronson, Peninsula Reviews