Concerto for Orchestra Op. 81 (2002)

3.3.3.3./4.3.3.1./Timp/Perc (5)/Hp/Pno d. Cel/Strings

c. 32'00"

1. Vivace (listen to sample)
2. Adagio (listen to sample)
3. Allegro (listen to sample)

Published by Theodore Presser Company

Commissioned by the Edward H. Schmidt Musical Arts Fund of the Toledo Symphony

First Performanced on September 20th, 2002 by the Toledo Symphony, Grant Llewellyn, conductor at the Peristyle Theater, Toledo, Ohio

Reviews:
"Alternately rich and gritty in harmonic and melodic content, Liebermann's youthfully optimistic Concerto for Orchestra is a virtuoso piece from start to finish. The conceptual idea behind such a work is to treat every member, or at least every section, of the orchestra as a soloist. Liebermann accepted this challange with a vengeance. From the dark cello motif that opened the work, the score constantly pitted one section of the orchestra against another. Listening to the work develop, one felt as if some spectacular clash of wills was unfolding across the stage. Melodies - sometimes long, more often shattered into agitated fragments - broke across each other in clashing rhythms that reminded this listener of the Greek Furies."

Steven Cornelius, the Toledo Blade