Concerto in E-flat, subtitled Dumbarton Oaks 8-v-1938 (1937–38) is a chamber concerto by Igor Stravinsky, named for the Dumbarton Oaks estate of Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss in Washington, DC, who commissioned it for their thirtieth wedding anniversary. Composed in Stravinsky's neo-classical period, the piece is one of Stravinsky's two chamber concertos (the other being the Concerto in D, for strings, 1946) and is scored for a chamber orchestra of flute, B♭ clarinet, bassoon, two horns, three violins, three violas, two cellos, and two double basses. The three movements, Tempo giusto, Allegretto, and Con moto, performed without a break, total roughly twelve minutes. The concerto was heavily inspired by Bach's set of Brandenburg Concertos, and was the last work Stravinsky completed in Europe, started in spring 1937 at the Château de Montoux near Annemasse, near Geneva, Switzerland, and finished in Paris on March 29, 1938 (White 1979, 400).
Date of composition | 1938 (1937-1938) in Paris, France |
Premiered | 1938, May 8th (Dumbarton Oaks) in Washington, DC, United States |
Type | Symphony Concertante |
Tonality | E-flat Major |
Approx. duration | 12 minutes |
Instruments | Chamber orchestra |
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Igor Stravinsky: Concerto en mi bémol majeur "Dumbarton Oaks 8-v-1938" Igor' Fëdorovič Stravinskij: Concerto in mi bemolle maggiore "Dumbarton Oaks 8-v-1938" Igor Strawinsky: Concerto Es-dur "Dumbarton Oaks 8-v-1938" |