SKU: BO.B.0447

SKU: FG.55011-754-9

ISBN 9790550117549.

Yrjö Kilpinen (1892-1959) is most known for his hundreds of lieds and song cycles. His instrumental compositions have been less know, ie. the six piano sonatas and suite for gamba and piano. Large-scale Sonata for violin and piano is dated in 1935 with opus number 87. The work was never finished, and National Library in Helsinki holds several sketches and versions in its Kilpinen collection.

In 2015 violinist Frida Backman commissioned a completion of the Sonata from composer Walter Wolff. Wolff worked on the sketches and versions until 2018, when the work was completed and the Sonata premiered.

The present publication is the first publication of the Sonata. It sheds light to Kilpinen as an instrumental composer.

The movements are: Allegro - Andante - Andante Moderato - Allegro

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Yrjö Kilpinen (1892-1959) tunnetaan lähinnä lied-sävellyksistään, joita aktiivisina sävellysvuosina syntyikin satoja. Vähemmälle huomiolle ovat jääneet hänen instrumentaalisävellyksensä, mm. kuusi pianosonaattia, sellosonaatti, sarja gamballe ja pianolle sekä muutamat pikkukappaleet.

Vuodelle 1935 päivätty neliosainen, laajamuotoinen sonaatti viululle ja pianolle (op. 87) jäi keskeneräiseksi. Suomen Kansalliskirjaston Kilpinen-kokoelmassa oli useita luonnoksia ja eri versioita. Sonaatin osista neljäs oli keskeneräisin.

Viulutaiteilija Frida Backman tilasi konserttiaan varten sonaatin täydennöksen säveltäjä Walter Wolffilta. Hän sai työnsä päätöksen 2018, jonka jälkeen sonaatti kantaesitettiin.

Fennica Gehrmanin julkaisu on sonaatin ensipainos, ja siten laajentaa kuvaamme Yrjö Kilpisestä instrumenttiteosten säveltäjänä.

Teoksen osat: Allegro - Andante - Andante Moderato - Allegro.

SKU: BR.SON-454

ISBN 9790004803646. 9 x 12 inches.

The Violin Concerto in E minor, op. 64, and the Sonata in F minor, op. 4, are the only works for solo violin that Mendelssohn had had printed during his lifetime. However, his complete oeuvre includes other completed or fragmentary compositions, including two further concertos and several unfinished sonatas and other individual pieces. He himself had an extraordinary command of the violin and entrusted the instrument in several other works, such as the Octet op. 20 or the concert aria Infelice! - Ah, ritorno, eta dell'oro, with special tasks. Nevertheless, with regard to details of playing technique, he usually sought advice from solo violinist friends, first from Eduard Ritz, then, after Ritz's early death, from Ferdinand David. The present volume contains all of the completed and fragmentary compositions for violin and piano that have survived - from the early Prelude and Fugue in D and G minor from Zelter's practice book (1820), which can be assigned without doubt, through to the Sonata in F major (1838) in their various versions.

SKU: PR.114419280

ISBN 9781491132357. UPC: 680160676125.

Inspired by Chinese tradition, this concerto-like dance suite includes: 1. Lion Dance, 2. YangKo, and 3. Muqam. Each movement draws from melodies and rhythms characteristic of various regions of China many centuries ago. CHINESE FOLK DANCE SUITE is available for violin with full orchestra, or as a recital work with piano.
Supported by a major commissioning award from the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress, Chinese Folk Dance Suite is written for solo violin and orchestra; it was premiered by The Women’s Philharmonic with violin soloist Terrie Baune, conducted by Apo Hsu, on March 10, 2001, at Yerba Buena Center For the Arts Theater in San Francisco.Inspired by various Chinese traditional folk dances, the suite has three movements:I. Lion Dance. Traditionally, people dance with richly decorated hand-made lions, accompanied by percussion ensemble, to celebrate happy occasions and major festivals throughout the country. In this composition, I use Chinese drum and other percussion instruments in the background, to form a dynamic and rhythmic texture responding to the solo part, which imitates the tunes played on the suona (traditional Chinese trumpet). The pitch materials came from the traditional Guangdong tune “Dragon Boat Racing,” and the Chaozhou tune “Lion Playing Ball.”II. YangKo. Originating in northern China, this is a major folk dance form in mass performance popularized in the country. In YangKo performance, people play rhythmic patterns on the drums hung around their waists while singing and dancing. In the second movement, I imagined a warm scene of YangKo dancing in distance. The solo violin plays a sweet and gracious melodic line while all members of the orchestra sing non-pitched syllables in different layers as the soft background, to imitate the percussion sound which produces the ever-going pulse.III. Muqam. This large-scale music and dance form, from the Uygur nationality in Xinjiang province, originated in the 15th century. My third movement use a 7/8 meter and the melodic style of Muqam music. The fiery dancing gesture culminates in the sustained climax section at the end of the work, after a colorful violin cadenza in both improvisational singing style and polyphonic writing with woven lines.

SKU: PR.414411630

ISBN 9781491114551. UPC: 680160089956. 9.5 x 13 inches.

EXCURSIONS is a one-movement work exploring two “characters.” A rhapsodic, descending passage is introduced by the cello, followed by a  static, chorale-like phrase for the violin and cello. Their individual developments are separated by a slow, contrasting middle section. The composer has written: “This is analogous to situations in life: we stand by a crossroad, choosing one option and forfeiting the other. But in art, the realm of the imagination, we can perhaps afford to pursue more than one route to its ultimate destination… or can we? It is symbolic that in this work both roads eventually lead to the same place.”.
Excursions for violin, cello and piano, is a one-movement work of tripartite structure in which materials explored in the first of three large sections are brought back in the last section.  The traditional statement-contrast-restatement form, which is readily suggested by such a description, is, however, not at all in the mold in which the work is cast.  Rather, my aim was to subject the essential materials of the piece (two “characters” –the rhapsodic, descending passage played by the cello in the very opening and, later, a static, slow moving, chorale-like phrase for the violin and cello) to two entirely different developments separated by a slow, contrasting middle section.  This is analogous to an exploration of the ramifications that two divergent choices made by the same person might lead to.  In life, as we stand by a crossroad, choosing one option usually means having to forfeit the other.  But in art, the realm of the imagination, we can perhaps afford to pursue more than one route to its ultimate destination…or can we?  It is, I believe, symbolic that in this work both roads eventually lead to the same place: in composing Excursions, it seemed absolutely inescapable that at the end the slow, contrasting middle sections – both more resigned and peaceful than the battling spirits of the outer parts – should return briefly to end the work. The piano trio combination (once highly favored, but to this composer still as challenging today) is approached here as a collaborative effort of three equal soloists – partners.  Of the available pairings, the two strings find themselves occasionally approached as a team pitted against the piano.  The cello-piano combination is also not uncommon here, and there is an extended violin cadenza toward the end of the piece.  The writing for the three instruments is closely and at times interlinked, but the players are all instructed to play from scores. Excursions was first performed at Brandeis University in 1982.

SKU: BT.DHP-1043625-404

ISBN 9789043161763. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.

Study and Play is ideal for developing your playing in an enjoyable and musically sound way. Each edition within this concept features audio recordings to add something extra to your study routine.When you play thisConcertino you will be able to practise at a slower study tempo, as well as the normal tempo, so that you can work on your violin playing in a more concentrated way whilst improving your insight into the music. You cancontinue to study in this goal-orientated way until you have achieved the desired result.

The title of this piece suggests a concert situation: playing a solo partwith accompaniment. There are thousands of such works for theviolin but many of these cannot be tackled until you have been playing for a considerable time. Concertino in Russian Style Opus 35 enables you to gain necessary experience for this type of playing: namely having sufficientmusical and technical control over your instrument whilst having the support of an accompanist during performance. This carefully chosen concertino will enrich your repertoire.

Dit fraaie concertino in Russische stijl van Alexei Janschinow is leerzaam én prachtig om te spelen. Kortom, een fraaie aanvulling op uw repertoire. Deze boeken zijn gemaakt binnen het Study and Play-concept, dat de leerlinghelpt om zijn/haar spel op een plezierige en verantwoorde manier te ontwikkelen. Bij elke uitgave onder deze noemer worden begeleidingsopnames meegeleverd die iets extra’s toevoegen aan de studie-methode. Deze opnames bieden demogelijkheid om te studeren in zowel het gewone tempo als een rustig oefentempo. De verzorgde set bestaat verder steeds uit een vioolpartij en pianopartij.

Study and Play ist das ideale Konzept, um auf vergnügliche und sinnvolle Weise ein gutes Spiel zu entwickeln. Jedem Buch mit diesem Konzept sind Begleitaufnahmen beigefügt, welche die tägliche Übungsroutine individuellergänzen. Mit Hilfe dieser Aufnahmen kann das Concertino im langsameren Übetempo sowie auch im normalen Tempo gespielt werden, sodass man sich zunächst ganz auf das Violinspiel konzentrieren kann und dabei die Musik kennenlernt. So kann zielgerichtet geübt werden, bis das gewünschte Ergebnis erreicht wird.

Der Titel dieses Stückes beschreibt die Situation in einem Konzert: Es wird ein Solo mit Begleitung gespielt. Solche Werke gibt es zutausenden für Violine, viele können jedoch erst nach vielen Jahren Spielerfahrung gemeistert werden. Mit Concertino in Russian Style Opus 35 kann man wichtige Erfahrungen mit genau dieser Art des Spiels sammeln, nämlichausreichend musikalische und technische Beherrschung über das Instrument zu erlangen und gleichzeitig mit der Unterstützung eines Pianisten spielen zu können. Dieses sorgfältig ausgewählte Concertino ist auf jeden Fall eineBereicherung Ihres Repertoires.

Study and Play est le concept idéal pour développer votre jeu dans un environnement plaisant et solidement structuré. Chaque recueil basé sur ce concept est accompagné des enregistrements audio qui apportent un plus votreroutine de travail. Ces enregistrements vous permettent de jouer ce Concertino tant dans le tempo normal que dans un tempo d’étude plus lent afin que vous puissiez vous concentrer plus amplement sur votre technique de jeutout en ayant un meilleur aperçu de la structure de la pièce. Vous pouvez continuer travailler dans cette optique jusqu’ ce que vous ayez atteint le résultat souhaité.

Le titre de la pièce évoque le contexte d’unconcert : l’interprétation d’une partie soliste avec accompagnement. On compte des milliers d’oeuvres similaires pour violon mais un grand nombre d’entre elles ne peuvent être abordées sans expérience et pratique musicalesconsidérables. Concertino in Russian Style Opus 35 vous permet d’acquérir l’expérience nécessaire l’interprétation de ce genre de pièces, c’est- -dire être capable de dominer les aspects techniques et musicaux propres votre instrument tout en ayant le soutien d’un accompagnateur lors de l’interprétation. Choisi avec soin, ce Concertino enrichira votre répertoire.

Study and Play è il concetto ideale per sviluppare il vostro modo di suonare in un contesto piacevole e solidamente strutturato. Le registrazione di accompagnamento vi permettono di suonare sia a tempo normale che più lento,al fine di migliorare la concentrazione sullo studio della tecnica e avere un migliore approccio con le varie parti del brano. Le parti dell’accompagnamento al pianoforte incluse nelle pubblicazioni (versione cartacea) vipermettono di suonare con un pianista accompagnatore.