Concerto in E-flat for chamber orchestra "Dumbarton Oaks"
Concerto in E♭, inscribed Dumbarton Oaks, 8.v.38 (1937–38) is a chamber concerto by Igor Stravinsky, named for the Dumbarton Oaks estate of Robert Woods Bliss and Mildred Barnes Bliss in Washington, D.C., who commissioned it for their thirtieth wedding anniversary.
The commission had been brokered by Nadia Boulanger. She also conducted the May 8, 1938, private premiere in the music room at Dumbarton Oaks, while the composer was hospitalized with tuberculosis. The public premiere took place in Paris on June 4, 1938, at a concert of La Sérénade, with Stravinsky conducting.
The full-score manuscript, formerly owned by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, is in the Harvard University Rare Book Collection of the Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Washington, D.C.
Movements
- Tempo giusto
- Allegretto
- Con moto
Recommended recordings
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra YouTubeSpotify (subscription)
- Columbia Chamber Ensemble · Igor Stravinsky YouTubeSpotify (subscription)

