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West Coast Premiere of Danny Elfman's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, "Eleven Eleven"

Mar. 01, 2019

West Coast Premiere of Danny Elfman's <em>Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, "Eleven Eleven"</em>

Danny Elfman's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "Eleven Eleven" receives its professional West Coast premiere performances in Tucson on March 31 and in Northridge on April 4. Both concerts are part of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra’s US tour. Thomas Sondergard conducts, with Sandy Cameron the soloist.

Danny Elfman describes the reason for the work's title "Eleven, Eleven":

As I was in the final stages of going over notes with Sandy, she was curious to know how big the piece had become. It had slowly grown to be quite large, but I hadn’t done a bar count. She guessed it was over 1000 measures and thought it would be amusing if it were close to 1100, as I’ve always been preoccupied with the number eleven. My name, ELFman, has no meaning I could ever find, other than that "elf " means “eleven” in German. I always assumed an ancestor of mine was the eleventh person to show up for a ceremony or service that required a minimum of ten (a minion), meaning my ancestor was always late and more or less unessential. That suited me fine. And it answered a few questions about my own character. 

So, we counted, and to our amazement it was exactly 1111 measures long. An accident? Coincidence? Something mystical? Preordained... who knows? End of that story.  

The Concerto for Violin and Orchestra will be performed again in the US by the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, led by Christopher Dragon on May 17-19, and by the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of JoAnn Falletta on October 19. Sandy Cameron is the featured soloist for both of these performances.

The world premiere recording of Elfman's Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, "Eleven Eleven" and his Piano Quartet is released on March 22 on the Sony Classical label. Learn more here.


(Preview of Sony Classical Recording with Danny Elfman)

To learn more about Danny Elfman, visit fabermusic.com.

Danny Elfman
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra "Eleven Eleven" (2017)
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40' 

Piano Quartet (2017)
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21' 


 

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