SKU: PR.144407050

UPC: 680160655519. 9 x 12 inches.

Celebrating 30 years, the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society commissioned a work of 20-25 minutes for violin and piano from James Primosch, University of Pennsylvania professor of music. Primosch had originally thought to create a new sonata, but what developed is more appropriately a set of five character pieces, two of which were directly inspired by poems. Five Poems was premiered in May, 2016, and Primosch's thoughts are recorded at his website: https://jamesprimosch.com/2016/05/10/five-poems-premiere/.
Upon receiving a commission from the Philadelphia Chamber MusicSociety for a violin and piano piece in honor of its 30th anniversary, myplan was to write a sonata, a term suggesting a relatively abstractdiscourse. But as the piece developed, the movements struck me ascharacter pieces rather than music employing a more “symphonic”approach. When specific poems started to attach themselves in my mindwith two of the movements, the overall title Five Poems became clear.The title of the second movement is a line from Susan Stewart’s“Descent”, which deals with Aeneas’s visit to the underworld. The musicis alternately fiercely driving and quite still, though tense. RobertFrost’s Nothing Gold Can Stay summons fleet scale passages framinglyrical counterpoint. The remaining movements do not refer to specificpoems, but have titles reflecting their expressive tone. Dreamscape ismusing with an improvisatory violin line over shifting pairs of pianochords. Nightsong is a bluesy lullaby that turns highly dramatic.Vision begins with a closely argued struggle but breaks through tosomething spacious and clear.

SKU: PR.114402930

UPC: 680160005932. 11 X 8.5 inches.

SKU: BT.PWM8739

ISBN 9788322424803.

'Wariacje na temat w asny'' op. 15 powsta y w 1854 i w tym samym roku ukaza y si drukiem, wydane przez firm Breitkopf und Hartel w Lipsku. Kompozycja oparta na technice wariacyjnej posiada nietypow form . Temat z trzemawariacjami (w dur) poprzedza molowy wst p z elementami kadencji. Fragment ten pojawia si ponownie po wariacjach, po czym nast puje fina w formie b yskotliwego walca, zako czony efektown kod . ''Wariacje'' - podobnie jak innekompozycje Wieniawskiego - wymagaj od skrzypka swobody w grze akordowej i oktawowej, umiej tno ci wykonywania ró norodnych form staccata, b yskotliwych pasa y czy innych elementów wirtuozowskiej techniki, jak równie czystociintonacji fla oletów.

SKU: HL.48011503

UPC: 073999946833. 9.0x12.0x0.043 inches.

SKU: BT.MUSM570365951

English.

James Weeks ' Softest Numbers for Violin and Piano. Composed and published 2014. Duration: 3'30 Written for the Ives Song transcription project at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London: Ives' Cradle Song (1919) is used as source material. First performed there on 23rd November 2014 by Amarins Wierdsma (Violin) and Aaron Burrows (Piano).

SKU: IS.VLP4190EM

ISBN 9790365041909.

In 1901, Flor Alpaerts finished his music studies at the Flemish School of Music of Antwerp, which later became the Royal Flemish Conservatory. He studied harmony and composition with Jan Blockx. In 1903 he became professor at this institute and from 1934 until 1941 its director. For one season (1922-1923) he was also director of the Royal Flemish Opera House of Antwerp together with the bass Arthur Steurbaut. His fame, as a composer and a conductor, came shortly after World War I, when he succeeded Eduard Keurvels in 1919 as conductor of the concerts organized by the Royal Zoological Society of Antwerp and as artistic director of the Peter Benoit Fonds. He also conducted the choral group Arti Vocali. As a composer, Flor Alpaerts was the leading figure in the Flemish impressionistic movement, utilizing an impressionism that came closer to Richard Strauss and Ottorino Respighi than to Claude Debussy. A highlight in this direction was the symphonic poem Pallieter (1921-1924). With his suite James Ensor, inspired by four works of the Ostend painter, he created an expressionistic work. In his later compositions he turned to neo-classicism.