SKU: HL.242899

UPC: 888680953126. 9x12.25 inches.

This is the violin solo part of Philip Glass's wonderful Violin Concerto No. 2 “American Four Seasons.” The piece was commissioned by Toronto Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic Orchestra, among others, the world premiere was held in Toronto on December 9th 2009, conducted by Peter Oundjian. At this premiere, the violinist was Robert McDuffie, for whom the Concerto was composed. During the summer and autumn of 2009, Glass composed this work after many years of exchanges with McDuffie. His idea of creating a work that would be influenced by, and an accompaniment to Vivaldi's The Four Seasons. Interestingly, Glass has provided no indication in the score of where each season falls, making it open for interpretation by the performers or the audience.

SKU: HL.14021026

8.25x11.5x0.017 inches.

This unaffected but effective piece is a homage to the late Marjorie Linklater, a much-loved friend from Orkney, and a charming set-piece for violinists of moderate ability. The slow introductory adagio serves the function of a fond elegy, proving the simple effect of moving between D minor and D major. It serves the songful quality of the violin, as does the wistful central episode of the main sequence; but an exuberant love of the dance is the essence of the allegro, with the high, bright sonority of the instrument very much to the fore. It was first performed by Julia Robinson Dean at the St Magnus Festival, Orkney, on 21st June 1998. Arranged for solo violin. Duration c. 4 minutes.

SKU: HL.14043547

8.25x11.75x0.05 inches.

Judith Weir 'S Sundew For Violin And Cello. Score. ' The Bog-Based Sundew Plant Isn'T As Pleasant As The Name Suggests. It Produces Beads Of Fluid, Resembling Dew, But In Fact A Sticky Deposit In Which Visiting Insects Become Trapped. The Plant Closes In On The Insect And Digests It For The Extra Nutrition It Needs In An Acidic Habitat. Each Of The 36 Bars Can Be Understood As A Time-Lapse Study Of Parts Of This Process. Often One Instrument Encloses And Digests The Music Of The Other. Occasionally One Player Tries To Struggle Free; At Other Times Both Exist Motionless, Stuck To Each Other. In The Final Bars, A Lucky Insect (The Violin) Escapes From The Goo And Flies Off IntoThe Ether. ' Judith Weir.

SKU: HL.14048077

ISBN 9781785582660. 9.0x12.0x0.077 inches. English.

Includes two copies of the score. Aure is a work by Kaija Saariaho for Violin and Viola, originally composed as an homage to Henri Dutilleux's 95th birthday. Aure was first performed on 19th August 2011, as part of the festival 'Les Inouies' in Arras, France. Lasting around 4 minutes, these are Pthes.

SKU: HL.14033875

ISBN 9781783056644.

SKU: HL.14013005

UPC: 884088810450. 8.5x11.0x0.15 inches.

Gorecki Sonata for two violins, composed 1961. Duration 17 minutes. Suitable for advanced players. Score format.

SKU: HL.14048338

8.25x11.75x0.065 inches. English.

Gabriel Prokofiev's Sleeveless Scherzo for solo Violin.

SKU: HL.50605315

ISBN 9781705177556. UPC: 196288102670. 9.0x12.0 inches.

Commissioned by Fenella Humphreys with funding from The Marchus Trust First performed by Fenella Humphreys (violin), Ben Griffiths (double bass), Murray Grainger (accordion) and George Barton (percussion) at the Chiltern Arts Festival in September 2020.

SKU: HL.14042334

8.5x11.75 inches.

SKU: HL.50603675

ISBN 9781705128138. UPC: 840126952919.

The original music Walk for one dancer and violinist was commissioned by Compagnie Trans. The four pieces that compose this sonata are from the performance piece Laurence Marthouret choreographed for a dancer and a violinist, entitled Walk, and interpreted by Sona Khochafian in 2001. The project originated from a shared conception of the two art forms, an equal collaboration between choreographic and musical composition. Its central idea was to utilize Laban's choreographic notation system, which accompanies and parallels the musical notation, allowing for an extreme precision in the playing out of the dance-music relationship. Largely cut and recomposed to arrive at this concert version, Walk-Sonata still maintains its four discreet parts, the four sides of a square of the choreographic composition and is therefore strongly linked to the original choreography. This is discernible not only in the formal four movement structure, but also in the music's multiple rhythms, dynamics and phrasing, which are consistently, if not tightly, joined to the dance gesture. Walk-Sonata is dedicated to Sona Khochafian and Laurence Marthouret.