ARMORIAL CONCERTO FOR VIOLIN AND ORCHESTRA BY ALFREDO BARROS: A PERFORMER-COMPOSER COLLABORATION FROM THE GENESIS TO THE PREMIERE.
Performer-composer collaboration, violin concerto, ARMORIAL music.
This research has as its main objective to register the process of composition, preparation and performance of a new concerto for violin and orchestra in collaboration with the composer Alfredo Barros (1966). The research methodology foresees: (1) Literature review; (2) Performer-composer collaborations, especially through video calls, phone calls, emails, and text messages; (3) Preparation of the debut. The composer must rehearse and conduct the work at its premiere, all rehearsals shall be recorded in audio and video for recording in order to help understanding the reasons of the possible changes and improvements that may still happen between the beginning of the rehearsals until the date of the world premiere; (4) Premiere of the concerto with audiovisual recording; (5) Editing of the final version of the work. The final work brings a detailed account of the entire process of construction of the work from the genesis to the premiere, containing the manuscripts of the work and an edited version with fingerings and arcades proposed by the interpreter. At the end, it is expected to deliver an unpublished work for violin and orchestra in ARMORIAL aesthetic with its audio and video recording that will be made available free of charge to the public.