One can judge the level of skills required for the performance of this piece by the fact that it was commissioned by the 1968 Tchaikovsky Competition. This purpose defined means and necessary technique, virtuoso piece for the real virtuoso, who intends to demonstrate his (her) brilliance with the new music language.
Vladimir Tsytovich is a prominent S-Petersburg composer with highly original style and expression. He teaches instrumentation in S-Petersburg Conservatory and thus knows the tiniest peculiarities of each musical instrument, including violin. The full scope of means of expression is engaged in this work, making it a real trump card in the modern master repertoire.
The present work is recommended to Conservatoire students and students of senior courses of musical colleges.