Petar Christoskow ( 1917-2006)

Introduction
Born in 1917,  Petar Christoskow will leave behind his legacy as a Bulgarian composer, violinist and a music teacher. Christoskow's started composing in 1952, writing a vocal piece for soprano, alto and symphony orchestras, a triple concert for piano and string instruments ( violin, cello), a double concert for violin and cello. etc.

"Christoskow studied Violin at the State Music Academy under his professor, Sascha Popov and was already a member of the Royal Symphony Orchestra during this time. From 1940 to 1943 he specialized in violin and chamber music with Gustav Havemann and Hans Malke at the Berlin Musikakademie . He also successfully gave concerts in Berlin, Munich, Vienna and Salzburg." ( wiki visually)

Works
Toccata-( May27)

Peter Deltchev spielt Capriccio Nr. 8 von Petar Christoskow



Peter Deltchev spielt Capriccio Nr. 6 von Petar Christoskow Violine

Comparisons
Veronika Vassileva has compared Petar's work in this essay:' COMPARISON OF PETAR CHRISTOSKOV’S OP. 1 AND OP. 24 CAPRICES FOR SOLO VIOLIN: THE EFFECT OF THE CHANGING BULGARIAN POLITICAL CLIMATE ON HIS COMPOSITIONAL STYLE. '

"In general these particular two caprices, Op. 1 No. 10 and Op. 24 No. 23, with similar titles, are a great       example of the main differences between Christoskov's two sets of caprices. The Op. 1 “Toccata,”                though it bears a Western title and rhythm, is full of Bulgarian folk idioms representing the nationalistic          compositional style in Communist Bulgaria, while the later “Toccata” is mainly abstract and atonal with        only very few folk characteristics represented (which portrays the tendency towards a twentieth-century        compositional style). The 60 two caprices are similar in regard to musical material and compositional        style, which exemplifies the general tendencies maintained throughout Christoskov's career, even                though his overall style became more experimental and westernized towards the end." (Veronika                Vassileva)

Observation
Instruments: Violins, Cello, Bass, Veola

Orchestra

Tempo started off strong perhaps 120-130 bpm

Crescendo, building up to a big loud sound.

occasional plucking, very cool

Work Cited
http://wikivisually.com/lang-de/wiki/Petar_Christoskow

https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc849741/m2/1/high_res_d/VASSILEVA-DISSERTATION-2016.pdf

https://youtu.be/cWccJPSdFkM?list=PLFRYQzYND7sjGZolUXXabeCR3rTfEaMYO