David Gompper
    Violin Concerto
    Ikon
    Flip
    Spirals

        Wolfgang Dávid, violin
        Peter Zazofsky, violin
        Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
        Emmanuel Siffert, conductor

2011 Naxos (8.559637)
Cover Design of Musica Segreta
Spirals
for two violins and string orchestra   duration:16'

Spirals, written for Wolfgang David and Nevila Kalaja and premiered in Albania in December 2007, uses a similar collection of "broken" fifths that served as the basis of the Violin Concerto. In this work, though, the Fibonacci series is applied to all musical parameters, including pitch distribution, density control and formal as well as micro-rhythmic structural formulations. The work is in one movement with three demarcated sections (moderato, slow, fast-moderato).

Performances

Spirals II for violin, violin and string septet [2009]
   -University of Iowa Old Capitol, February 8, 2009
Spirals I for two violins and piano [2008]
    -Boston University, Boston, MA, November 1, 2009
        (Dávid, Zazofsky, Gompper)
    -Moscow Conservatory, May 19, 2008
    -Moscow Conservatory, May 20-23, 2008
        (recorded by Studio New Music, Moscow Conservatory)
Spirals for two violins and chamber orchestra [2007]
   -Tirana and Durres, Albania, April 18 & 19, 2008