Igor Stravinsky - Concerto in D

Concerto in D, for string orchestra in D major (“Basel Concerto“), (1946) I. Vivace II. Arioso III. Rondo Bournemouth Sinfonietta Richard Studt Paul Sacher’s 1946 commission for a work to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the founding of his Basler Kammerorchester was Stravinsky’s first European commission after moving to America. Stravinsky began the composition on the Concerto in D in early 1946 and completed it on August 8 of the same year in his home in Hollywood. The work received its first performance by Sacher and the Basler Kammerorchester on January 27, 1947, in Basel, and the work is dedicated to them. For this reason the work is sometimes referred to as the “Basle Concerto.“ Written for string orchestra, the Concerto in D was Stravinsky’s first work for string orchestra since Apollon Musagète (1927-1928). It is approximately the same length and in approximately the same form as the Dumbarton Oaks Concerto (1937-19