Red Hot Violin is an exciting new series of graded performance repertoire with a difference featuring sizzling arrangements of contemporary show-stoppers for intermediate violin with piano. With pieces in a wide variety of styles violinists of all ages will enjoy showing off these sparkling takes on popular favourites. They’re perfect for inspiring students as a refreshing change from exam repertoire and would go down a storm at any concert or recital. Arranger and composer Rachel Jennings has been playing the violin since the age of six studying with Susan Sheppard and Jean Harvey and theory with Jonathan Rathbone. She runs a private teachingstudio in Nottingham.The A Team; Canarios; Cotton-Eyed Joe; Dream A Little Dream Of Me; I Wanna Be Like You; If Only I Had A Brain; One Day Like This; Sleigh Ride; Summer Nights.

Par CHAMBERLAIN LOUISE. Step It Up! is the fun way to move your playing onwards and upwards. Packed full of original jazzy pieces by Louise Chamberlain - with imaginative arrangements of well-known tunes, unaccompanied pieces and duets too - this carefully graded volume for violin also includes a CD of groovy backing tracks. So whether practising at home or performing to your friends, take your playing to another level with Step It Up! - and prepare to step up a grade at the same time! Pamela Wedgwood writes as Louise Chamberlain for the Step It Up! series. She is recognised around the world as one of the UK's most prolific and successful composers of popular repertoire for young instrumentalists.   **ABRSM selected piece (Violin 2008-2011): Be thou my vision (Anon.) / Instrumental Music / Etude / Violon et Piano

These pieces were originally written in 1989 for the composer's daughter Lucy to play on the Piano when she was nine years old. Shortly after this he arranged them for Violin and Piano but Lucy never played them choosing instead to play the Cello!

The brevity of Lili Boulanger's life (1893-1918) does not obsecure its substantial achievements. With the cantata 'Faust et Helene' (1913) she became the first woman to win the Prix De Rome and several large projects including 'D'un Matin De Printemps' and its companion piece 'D'un Soir Triste' both in various scorings followed during the last five years of her life. 'D'un Matin De Printemps' is remarkable for its sharpness and vigour: Lili's textures and harmonic language place her music in the French mainstream of the period while her sensitivity to the expressive character and technical demands of the violin are in evidence throughout this striking piece. This new authoritative performing edition by musicologist and performer Neil Heyde is an invaluable addition to the French early 20th century repertory for the instrument. The edition includes a full introduction and critical commentary.

Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Felix Konzert für Violine und Orchester e-Moll op. 64 Zweite Fassung 1845 Edition no.BA 9099-90 ISMN 9790006564347 Editor Todd, R. Larry / Brown, Clive Mendelssohn?s Violin Concerto op. 64, is a key work of the 19th century, adhering to the classical style of Beethoven while pointing the way to the romantic ethos of Brahms. It has long been known that Mendelssohn performed the work with three soloists in succession: Ferdinand David, who worked closely with the composer during its composition and played it at the première; the ?child prodigy? Joseph Joachim; and Hubert Léonard, a young Belgian virtuoso about whom little is known. As proof sheets for the Violin Concerto in E minor were long considered lost, it could be described as somewhat of a sensation when proofs for the solo violin part resurfaced together with a letter from Mendelssohn to Léonard. The letter informs us that the composer invited Léonard to his home in Frankfurt in order to make his acquaintance. It was already known that Mendelssohn had given proof sheets to David; now we know that he also gave some to Léonard. The recently discovered proofs reveal how Léonard played the concerto with Mendelssohn on that memorable evening in February 1845. Besides containing bowing marks and fingering, they also show how Léonard executed shifts of position and where he employed open strings. Furthermore modifications made to dynamic markings and additional legato bowing are shown. It is safe to assume that all of this was done with Mendelssohn?s approval. That the young violinist made a positive impression on the composer is confirmed in the latter?s correspondence following their joint performance. Mendelssohn is full of praise for Léonard?s playing and offers to lend his support in finding employment in Germany. This revised edition of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (only the orchestral parts remain unchanged) includes a separate booklet on performance practice. The editor, Clive Brown, is an acknowledged expert on Romantic performance practice. - New source situation owing to recently rediscovered proofs - Revised Urtext edition - With a separate booklet on performance practice (Eng/Ger)

Für Violine und Orchester Op. 64-Mendelssohn’s Violin Concerto op. 64 is a key work of the 19th century adhering to the classical style of Beethoven while pointing the way to the romantic ethos of Brahms. It has long been known that Mendelssohn performed the work with three soloists in succession: Ferdinand David who worked closely with the composer during its composition and played it at the premi?re; the ‘child prodigy’ Joseph Joachim; and Hubert L?onard a young Belgian virtuoso about whom little is known.As proof sheets for the Violin Concerto in E minor were long considered lost it could be described as somewhat of a sensation when proofs for the soloviolin part resurfaced together with a letter from Mendelssohn to L?onard.The letter informs us that the composer invited L?onard to his home in Frankfurt in order to make his acquaintance. It was already known that Mendelssohn had given proof sheets to David; now we know that he also gave some to L?onard.The recently discovered proofs reveal how L?onard played the concerto with Mendelssohn on that memorable evening in February 1845. Besides containing bowing marks and fingering they also show how L?onard executed shifts of position and where he employed open strings. Furthermore modifications made to dynamic markings and additional legato bowing are shown.It is safe to assume that all of this was done with Mendelssohn’s approval. That the young violinist made a positive impression on the composer is confirmed in the latter’s correspondence following their joint performance. Mendelssohn is full of praise for L?onard’s playing and offers to lend his support in finding employment in Germany.This revised edition of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto (only the orchestral parts remain unchanged) includes a separate booklet on performance practice.The editor Clive Brown is an acknowledged expert on Romantic performance practice.- New source situation owing to recently rediscovered proofs- Revised Urtext edition- With a separate booklet on performance practice (BA9060) (Eng/Ger)- Full score in the revised early and late (popular) versions (BA9099)

This edition contains all of Janá ek?s works for Violin and Piano - the Sonata as well as the Romance and Dumka composed while he was still a student.Though probably written as early as 1914 Janá ek?s Sonata for Violin and Piano was revised several times before finally appearing in a definitive version in 1922. This new edition of the Sonata and the Romance is based on the Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Leo? Janá ek (Vol. E/1) with a clearer notation to optimise readability.For the Dumka the editor has drawn on the sole autograph source the Violin part (still considered lost when the above mentioned Complete Edition volume waspublished) and the revised version contained therein. Unlike the first edition it also contains Janá ek?s detailed dynamic markings.Newly engraved edition with notation adapted to conform with modern usage.Revised version of Dumka with original dynamic markings.Foreword by leading Janá ek scholar Alena N mcová (Cz/Eng/Ger)

Johannes Brahms an uncompromising perfectionist was one of the leading composers of his time. His popularity and influence were considerable and his music is firmly rooted in the structures and compositional techniques of the Baroque and Classical masters. Johannes Brahms: Violin Sonatas (Complete) contains expertly arranged sheet music for Violin and Piano. Including Violin Sonatas Op.78 100 and 108.

20 sehr leichte Stücke für junge Spieler-Twenty very elementary pieces for young players written and arranged by the world's favourite string teacher Sheila Nelson. Note reading is introduced one finger at a time building up finger pattern 0-1-23-4 (semitone space between 2nd and 3rd fingers) - the only finger pattern used in this book. A number of rhythmic bowing patterns set out at the beginning of the book may be practised on any of the earlier tunes once they have been memorised. The rhythms are assimilated by the pupil with the aid of strongly rhythmic easily memorable words. All the tunes can be sung to the verses provided in order to develop a secure sense of rhythm and pitch. Pupils learn right from thestart to move freely from string to string to play with confidence and to pay close attention to pitch.

Par IGUDESMAN ALEKSEY / JOO HYUNG-KI. Either of these pieces, for more advanced players, would make an exceptionally unusual and entertaining concert item. The writers, Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo, have stunned audiences, critics and fellow musicians worldwide with their combined musicianship and hilarious antics. They have now applied their skills and written these pieces specifically for the competition 'Feast of Duos' but they are equally suitable for any concert performance. Performers are warmly encouraged to ignore or elaborate on the theatrical suggestions provided in favour of any ideas of their own and can perform their creations with good wishes from Aleksey Igudesman and Hyung-ki Joo. • Funny, entertaining pieces that are nonetheless finely crafted musical creations in themselves • Performance notes and acting cues are provided whilst performers may make changes and find their own interpretation • Each piece can stand alone as a concert item / Date parution : 2023-03-21/ Répertoire / Violon et Piano

Violin Concerto In G major is considered to be the earliest of Joseph Haydn?s Violin concertos and was apparently written before he was taken into the service of the Esterházy family. It was firstpublished a century after the Austrian composer?s death in 1909 and was little known before. The concerto is lovely and ingratiating to the ear consisting of 3 movements (Allegro moderato Adagio andAllegro) with a total performance time of under 20 minutes. The unmatched intimacy and loveliness of the uniquely beautiful Adagio and the high spirited final movement with its charming Bagpipe imitation will putplayers and audiences alike in the best of moods from the outset. This Urtext edition provides you with a clear and accurate representation of the composer's original intentions. The Orchestra part is reduced to a Pianoaccompaniment and two copies of the Violin score which is identical to that of the Haydn-Gesamtausgabe are enclosed as separate inserts. A preface in German English and French by editor Günter Thomas is included as well.

A pioneering set of Urtext editions.String editions include an Urtext solo part and a second part with fingering as well as performance markings.Each edition offers a preface on performance practice aspects pertaining to the respective works.A separate text booklet includes pioneering texts on general issues of performance practice in the 19th century as well as on specific issues with regard to Johannes Brahms? chamber music.Bärenreiter?s pioneering new scholarly-critical editions of Brahms? works for one instrument and Piano are edited by a team of musicologists who are also performers. They offertoday?s musicians not just a reliable musical text based on all known sources but also a comprehensive approach to the works which aims to place them in their historical context and to elucidate the complex of meanings that the composer wished his notation to convey to performers.The Violin and Viola sonata editions come not only with an Urtext part freed from all editorial emendations but also with an additional part including fingering and bowing based on the practices of Joseph Joachim and his colleagues. These markings especially draw on publications of the sonatas edited by Joachim?s pupils Leopold Auer and Ossip Schnirlin as well as those by Brahms? associate Franz Kneisel. A similar approach has been used for the Violoncello sonatas drawing on performance markings by Robert Hausmann (for whom Brahms wrote the Sonata in F major) Hugo Becker with whom Brahms performed it and Julius Klengel who was also close to his circle.