SKU: ST.Y274
ISBN 9790220223358.
1st perf: Keisuke Okazaki, Tokyo Opera City Recital Hall, Tokyo, Japan, 22 April 2008 1st UK perf: Darragh Morgan, Schott Recital Room, Bauer & Hieber, London, 5 February 2009 Though the jagged figures and phrases of Lucky's Dream by Morgan Hayes are unmistakably those of a contemporary musical expressionist, the shadow of Bach also falls on this work, inspired by the virtuosity of the young Japanese soloist Keisuke Okazaki and his playing of the E major Partita. In fact, though 'standard' contemporary techniques are widely used in the piece - left-hand pizzicato, harmonics and microtones, all deployed in edgy, unpredictable rhythms - there is also a classical shape to the structure. In this two-part form, lasting around four minutes, the first section is reflective, dwelling on single notes, phantoms as it were of pitches that are subtly deflected through slow glissandi. Then a spectral dance ensues, delivered largely on plucked strings, ethereal, disembodied, strange. The 'Lucky' in question is a character from Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for Godot, and Lucky's Dream is a complementary work to the earlier, impassioned Lucky's Speech (2006). The two items can stand alone or may be performed consecutively. Both are to be found on the recent all-Hayes CD released on the NMC label (NMC D163), which also features the composer's 17-minute Violin Concerto as further evidence for his original approach to writing for the instrument.
SKU: HL.49013019
ISBN 9790001128247.
Jarnach wrote three sonatas for solo violin. The second Sonata, Op. 11, was composed in 1913 and is dedicated to Max Reger. With the increase in interest in the music of the early decades of the 20th century, the works of the Busoni pupil Jarnach are experiencing a renaissance in the concert hall.
SKU: HL.255632
9.0x12.0x0.1 inches.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Shades Of Silence was composed in 2012 for violin, viola, violoncello and harpsichord. Written for Nordic Affect. The first performance was given on 2 February 2013 at Kaldalon Hall, Harpa Centre, Reykjavik, Iceland.
SKU: PR.11441691S
UPC: 680160631261. 9 x 12 inches.
Two disparate instruments begin in their own voices, slowly become aware of each other, play off of each other, play together, become close. The analogy to a human relationship (though not one specific type of relationship) between two people that either are, or become, extremely close, fraught with all the complexity, contradictions, and degrees of emotion that an ever-evolving close relationship engenders, was indeed on my mind throughout the compositional process, says Ran. A Due spans a wide range of emotional content from fully immersed musicians.
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