Aufgang (Ascent) is a violin concerto written by the French composer Pascal Dusapin for Renaud Capuçon between 2008 and 2011.
[1] He subsequently performed it in Seattle, London and in Switzerland,[2] before recording it with Myung-whun Chung conducting the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France in 2015.
[5] The piece starts with the violin playing in the extremely high register, in striking contrast with the accompanying low cellos and double basses.
[5][7] Finally, the brief last movement sees the violin fleeing back to the highest register above wild orchestral outbursts.
[8] Aufgang been described as "a wonderfully coherent work of irresistible sweep" that provides "real substance"[5] and "was composed by Dusapin with enormous finesse".