title: Violin Concerto (Bergsma)
text: # Violin Concerto (Bergsma)
  
  William Bergsma's Violin Concerto is a composition for Violin and Orchestra completed in 1965.
  
  ## Structure
  
  The composition is in three movements:
  
  * Moderato pesante
  * Poco adagio
  * Allegro ostinato
  
  A typical performance takes around 22 minutes
  
  ## Performance history
  
  Broeker noted that the first performance took place on 18 May 1966. Further performances by other university orchestras followed in 1968 and 1969 .
  
  The first and to date only recording was released by Vox Turnabout in 1971 paired with Morton Subotnick's "Laminations" and John Eaton's "Concert Piece for Synket and Orchestra".
  
  