Prelude and Dance. Par HAKIM NAJI. The edition is the first part of the commissioned work Our Lady’s Minstrel. While Prelude paraphrases the famous chorale Salve Regina in a slow waltz, the gipsy-like cheerful waltz of Dance forms a stark contrast to it. The whole work is completed by Three Poems for soprano and organ (ED 22299). / Niveau : 3 / Répertoire / Violon et Piano

To see the summer sky for Violin and Viola falls into four movements. The first movement opens with the two instruments sounding almost as one playing very high glassy harmonics. Gradually an expressive viola solo emerges withboth instruments descending to their lower ranges. A livelier quasi scherzando solo for violin accompanied by viola pedal notes leads to a chorale like passage the violin at the top of its range whilst the viola is at itslowest. The movement ends with the two instruments coming together once again on a unison Bb and fades away almost as it has begun but this time in the husky lower registers.The second movement is much faster and openswith a downward flurry for both instruments. A continuous pizzicato line for viola is interrupted by more violent passages in the violin. The two instruments come together in a dance-like passage before the roles are reversed.Finally an ecstatic melody surfaces in the viola and is later continued in the violin before the movement closes with the spiky figures of its opening the two instruments ending in unison.The third movement encompasses isthe most delicate and still music of the piece. After a very tranquil opening an expressive violin melody is accompanied by a gentle rocking figure in the viola. Tentative at first intensity and speed gather until the violinreaches stratospheric heights. Both of the instruments play at the extremes of their registers before moving to common ground for a more lively textural passage. This is followed by a passionate reminder of the movement’s opening gradually fading away to nothing.The piece ends with a Moto Perpetuo. The instruments begin by dovetailing a single line which develops into two strands before a more violent section appears punctuated by strident doublestops. Both instruments have slightly manic solo episodes before the movement quickly dies away in the single line of its opening

Description A variety of different bowings are introduced so that the pupil learns how to use and become familiar with every part of the bow. Every exercise and piece introduced in this book is designed to improve some aspect of technique. Violinists will also enjoy playing these melodies, which with their attractive piano accompaniments and violin duet parts, have been carefully selected to give pleasure at any stage. Songlist A Little Child Alouette Blow Away The Morning Dew Bobby Shaftoe Chorale Cock-a-doodle-doo Cradle Song Dance Of The Blessed Spirits (Orfeo Ed Euridice) [Gluck, Christoph Willibald] Dona Nobis Pacem Early One Morning Eileen Aroon Folk Tune For He's A Jolly Good Fellow French Bugle March God Save The Queen Golden Slumbers I Had A Little Nut Tree Ilkley Moor Jimmy Crack Corn John Brown's Body Johnny Todd Kate Dalrymple King Arthur March (Scipio) Marching Through Georgia Minuet Mountain Song My Little Hen My Love's An Arbutus On Wings Of Love One Man Went To Mow Oranges And Lemons Polly Wolly Doodle Pretty Polly Oliver Rule Britannia Rustic Song Scottish Reel Slumber Song Soldier's March Song Of The Reapers Song Of The Volga Boatman Study Sur Le Pont D'avignon The Bees The Flower Of Country Down The Girl I Left Behind Me The Happy Beggar The Jolly Miller The Keeper The Little Sandman The Merry Peasant The Sailor's Hornpipe The Yellow Rose Of Texas Venetian Waltz

Bach for Violin contains a varied collection of 14 attractive and popular pieces arranged for upper-intermediate standard violinists (Grades 5-7) exploring a range of keys finger patterns styles and moods.The collection covers simpler dance movements and chorale melodies as well as the solo Gigue from the Partita in E major. Other popular pieces include arrangements of Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring and the Bach/Gounod Ave Maria. Each piece is accompanied by background footnotes explaining provenance and points of style.