SKU: PR.164002390
UPC: 680160038091.
I became interested in the work of Plato through my friend and collaborator, the writer and philosopher Paul Woodruff. Paul's new translation, with Alexander Nehamas, of the Symposium gave me insights into ancient Greek ways of thinking about Love, Beauty, and Wisdom -- and managed to keep the earthy, and often bawdy side of it all in full view. But their new translation of Plato's later dialogue Phaedrus went even further: the beauty of the speeches is breathtaking, and the discourse itself is enough to keep one awake at night. Basically the Great Speech of Socrates in the Phaedrus dialogue has to do with the place of Eros in the world, and with the conflict in the soul between fleshly pleasure and philosophic discovery. I will not attempt to encapsulate this brilliant discourse in a program note: suffice it to say that reading it gave rise to my two-sided work for clarinet, violin, and piano, Phaedrus. The first movement represents the Philosophic life, and is thus subtitled Apollo's Lyre (Invocation and Hymn). It begins with an unaccompanied melody for the clarinet, which (after a pair of harp-like flourishes for the piano, expands into an accompanied canon. The voices in the dialogue (clarinet and violin) follow each other by a prescribed number of beats, but the music is totally devoid of any meter at all. The piano, representing the lyre, accompanies this lyric love-feast with repeated strummed chords. The canon has three large sections, and ends with violin echoing the unaccompanied clarinet invocation as the sound of the lyre fades. The second movement, called Dionysus' Dream-Orgy (Ritual Dance) presents, after a brief introduction, another kind of unmetered music. Rather than long lyric flights of philosophic song, however, this time we hear a unison dance of unbridled energy and sensual transport. The piece soon forms itself into a loose arch form, with contrasting metered dance sections divided by the unison unmetered orgy tune. Midway through the movement, Apollo's melody returns from the first movement, but it is a temporary reminiscence. The orgiastic dance returns, reaches a climax, and ends with a stomping of feet. While Plato asserts that a proper balance between lust and reason is necessary in all men, he (naturally) gives the nod to Philosophy as the better choice in which to live. Not so in my music: the two sides are meant to coexist and to complement each other. No sides are taken. Phaedrus was commissioned of the Verdehr Trio by Michigan State University. It is dedicated to the Vedehr Trio with great affection and admiration.
SKU: HL.14041762
9.0x12.0x0.071 inches.
'Romance for violin and piano is a short, reflective piece that exploits the lyrical qualities inherent in the combination. Originally written for a very young but talented violinist, Romance travels through numerous moods andcolours within a continuous musical development of the opening material. At first gentle and reflective with increasing dramatic outbursts outlined by the violin sforzandi and parallel sixths in the piano writing, numerous shortsolo passages in both instruments culminate in a fiery climax. Quickly subsiding into the calmer yet now more melancholy strains of the earlier stages of the piece, the ending is somewhat incomplete. This seems to suggest acontinuous turn of events alluded to in the music.' - Helen GrimeBorn in 1981, Helen studied oboe with JohnAnderson and composition with Julian Anderson and Edwin Roxburgh at the Royal College of Music. She graduated from the BMus course with First Class Honours and completed her Masters with Distinction in 2004. From 2005-07, Helenwas a Legal & General Junior Fellow at the Royal College of Music. In 2003 she won a British Composer Award for her Oboe Concerto, and was awarded the intercollegiate Theodore Holland Composition Prize in 2003 as well as allthe major composition prizes in the RCM. In 2008 she was awarded a Leonard Bernstein Fellowship to study at the Tanglewood Music Center where she studied with John Harbison, Michael Gandolfi, Shulamit Ran and Augusta Read Thomas.Helen has had works commissioned by some of the most established performers and organisations including ENO, London Symphony Orchestra, BCMG, Britten Sinfonia, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and the Tanglewood Music Center.Conductors who have performed her work include Daniel Harding, Oliver Knussen, Pierre Boulez and Yan Pascal Tortelier. Helen is the 2010 recipient of the Lili Boulanger Memorial Fund and Associate Composer of The Halle from the.
SKU: BT.DHP-1196148-404
ISBN 9789043157230. English-German-French-Dutch.
Since the revival of Klezmer in the 1990s, the style has enjoyed a continued popularity. Hey Klezmorim! presents 16 new pieces of music from the pen of Joachim Johow, inspired by traditional Yiddish music. This edition is especially aimed at violinists who wish to be accompanied on the piano. It therefore also contains easy-to-play piano accompaniment parts while play-along recordings are available online. Additional demo recordings that encourage you to develop your own personal Klezmer playing style should help you to enjoy this unmistakable and diverse music!Sinds de revival van klezmer in de jaren negentig is deze muziekstijl onophoudelijk populair gebleven. Hey Klezmorim! presenteert zestien fraaie nieuwe muziekstukken van de hand van Joachim Johow, die zich heeft laten inspireren door traditionele Jiddische muziek. Deze uitgave is bedoeld voor violisten die graag op de piano worden begeleid. Ze bevat eenvoudig speelbare pianobegeleidingen, en online zijn ook meespeelopnamen beschikbaar, plus demo-opnamen die de muzikant een idee geven van de samenklank én hem of haar aanmoedigen een eigen klezmerspeelstijl te ontwikkelen. Een bundel vol afwisselende muziek die veel speelvreugde zal opleveren!Seit seinem Revival in den 90er-Jahren des vergangenen Jahrhunderts erfreut sich der Klezmer-Musikstil einer ungebrochenen Beliebtheit. Hey Klezmorim! präsentiert 16 neue Musikstücke aus der Feder von Joachim Johow, die an die traditionelle jiddische Musik anknüpfen. Die Ausgabe wendet sich besonders an Geiger, die sich gerne am Klavier begleiten lassen möchten, und enthält daher gut spielbare Klavierbegleitungen als Notentext sowie in online verfügbaren Play-along-Aufnahmen. Zusätzliche Demo-Aufnahmen sollen dazu anregen, einen eigenen, persönlichen Klezmer-Spielstil zu entwickeln. Viel Freude mit dieser unverwechselbaren, abwechslungsreichen Musik!La musique klezmer jouit d’une popularité sans faille depuis son renouveau dans les années 90. Hey Klezmorim! présente 16 nouveaux morceaux de la plume de Joachim Johow, inspirés de la musique traditionnelle yiddish. Cette édition s’adresse tout particulièrement aux violonistes désireux de jouer avec un accompagnement de piano. De ce fait, elle comprend des accompagnements de piano faciles jouer, la fois sous forme de partitions et sous forme d’enregistrements en ligne. D’autres enregistrements de démonstration sont également disponibles sur le site, afin d’encourager les musiciens développer leur style personnel de klezmer. Nous vous souhaitons beaucoup de plaisir jouer cette musique aux accents variés, unique en son genre !
SKU: CF.MXE272
ISBN 9781491159064. UPC: 680160917600. 9 x 12 inches.
Odd Moments was written for the Da Capo Chamber Players in 1999 in celebration of George Perleas 85th birthday. The piece was revised in 2009, resulting in a version that is a few minutes shorter. The title of the piece obliquely refers to Perleas late piece Critical Moments, and also to an aspect of Perleas system of 12-tone tonality, which distinguishes between odd and even harmonies. The piece is in six short sections, each with its own tempo. A slight pause should be taken before each section. A A A The score is in C. Accidentals apply only within the measure, and cautionary accidentals have been added, as needed. A A.Odd Moments was written for the Da Capo Chamber Players in 1999 in celebration of George Perle's 85th birthday. The piece was revised in 2009, resulting in a version that is a few minutes shorter. The title of the piece obliquely refers to Perle's late piece Critical Moments, and also to an aspect of Perle's system of 12-tone tonality, which distinguishes between odd and even harmonies. The piece is in six short sections, each with its own tempo. A slight pause should be taken before each section. The score is in C. Accidentals apply only within the measure, and cautionary accidentals have been added, as needed.Odd Moments was written for the Da Capo Chamber Players in 1999 in celebration of George Perle’s 85th birthday. The piece was revised in 2009, resulting in a version that is a few minutes shorter. The title of the piece obliquely refers to Perle’s late piece Critical Moments, and also to an aspect of Perle’s system of 12-tone tonality, which distinguishes between odd and even harmonies.The piece is in six short sections, each with its own tempo. A slight pause should be taken before each section.    The score is in C. Accidentals apply only within the measure, and cautionary accidentals have been added, as needed.   .
SKU: HL.49045998
ISBN 9781540034960. UPC: 888680790998. 9.0x12.0x0.142 inches.
In The Diamond Sutra, an early Buddhist text also known as The Diamond that Cuts Through Illusion, the Buddha leads his interlocutor, the Elder Subhuti, through a series of questions and provocations. The Buddha then concludes the session by offering this teaching to those assembled:All composed things are like a dream,a phantom, a drop of dew, a flash of lightning.That is how to meditate on them;that is how to observe them.This duo piece is in four sections, corresponding roughly to these four disparate visions of impermanence: four distinct moments of interplay between form and emptiness, four corners of a diamond. This series of images is itself a 'composed thing,' gathering dissimilar elements into a unified system. It suggests that the things we make are similar to things that exist beyond intention. The Buddha's utterance helps us hear so-called 'composition' and 'improvisation' - or the encompassing category, 'music' - as part of an even larger aggregate: that which forms and recedes.- Vijay Iyer.
SKU: BT.DHP-1175827-401
ISBN 9789043153010. English-German-French-Dutch.
The seaside, a blue lagoon under the sun… Only some birds disrupt tranquillity, but then leave by the evening. An idyllic vision illustrated by the sound of young violinists. Composer Pascal Proust has many years of experience as a musician and music teacher. His work includes several hundred compositions for the most diverse instrumentations. He wrote Sea Blue for violinists with an ability of approximately 3 4 years’ experience. He paid special attention to an easy-to-follow, attractive musical style. Sea Blue is an ideal performance or competition work for young musicians.De kustlijn, een blauwe lagune onder de zon… Enkel het gefluit van vogels onderbreekt deze stilte, maar verdwijnt weer tegen de avond. Een idyllische gedachte ge llusteerd door de klank van de jonge violist. De componist Pascal Proust kan bogen op een jarenlange ervaring als muzikant en muziekdocent. Zijn oeuvre omvat honderden composities voor de meest diverse instrumentaties. Hij schreef Sea Blue voor violisten die ongeveer drie tot vier jaar les hebben gehad, waarbij hij speciaal aandacht heeft besteed aan een makkelijk te volgen, aantrekkelijke muziekstijl. Daardoor is Sea Blue een ideaal voordrachts- of wedstrijdstuk voor jonge muzikanten.Am Meer, eine blaue Lagune in der Sonne ... Nur ein paar Vögel stören diese friedliche Stille, aber sie brechen wieder auf, als es Abend wird. Ein idyllisches Bild, das durch die Klänge der jungen Geiger veranschaulicht wird. Der Komponist Pascal Proust kann aus seiner langjährigen Erfahrung als Musiker und Musikpädagoge schöpfen, sein Oeuvre umfasst mehrere hundert Kompositionen für verschiedenste Besetzungen. Er schrieb Sea Blue für Geiger mit ungefähr 3 4 Jahren Unterrichtserfahrung und legte besonderes Augenmerk auf einen leicht verständlichen, attraktiven musikalischen Stil. Dadurch eignet sich Sea Blue ideal als Vortrags- und Wettbewerbsstück fürjunge Musiker. Un bord de mer, un lagon bleu sous le soleil … Seuls quelques oiseaux viennent troubler cette quiétude, mais repartent le soir venu. Un tableau idyllique illustré par le son de jeunes violonistes. Le compositeur Pascal Proust puise volonté dans son immense expérience de musicien et professeur de musique - son catalogue d’œuvres englobe plusieurs centaines de compositions pour divers instruments. Il a notamment écrit Sea Blue pour violonistes ayant environ 3 4 années de pratique, dans un style musical accessible et coloré. De ce fait, Sea Blue est la pièce idéale pour tout examen ou audition de jeunes musiciens.
SKU: BT.EMBZ2524
English-German-Hungarian.
An Evening in the Village was composed in 1908 as no. 5 of the Ten Easy Piano Pieces. It has become one of Bartók s favorite works, which the composer himself was fond of playing at recitals. As he explained in an American interview, it was an original composition that is ... with themes of my own invention but ... the themes are in the style of the Hungarian-Transylvanian folk tunes. There are two themes. The first one is a parlando-rubato-rhythm and the second one is more in a dance-like rhythm. The second one is more or less the imitation of a peasant flute playing. Bartók also orchestrated the piece in 1931 as no. 1 of Hungarian Sketches.
SKU: HL.49018055
ISBN 9790001149044. UPC: 884088556327. 9.0x12.0x0.313 inches.
Eotvos wrote this piece in memory of the seven astronauts who lost their lives in the Space Shuttle Columbia tragedy in 2003. The number 7 determines the musical, rhythmic and formal structure of the work: 49 musicians are divided into seven groups, and as well as the solo violin there are six further violins arranged correspondingly around the hall; and the solo violin itself portrays each of the astronauts and their different origin, from America via Israel to India, in folkloristically tinged cadenzas.'The violin concerto Seven is a very personal monologue and the musical expression of my sympathy towards the seven astronauts who lost their lives while exploring space in fulfilment of a fundamental dream of mankind.' (Peter Eotvos)3 (1. auch Altfl., 2./3. auch Picc.) * 3 * 3 * Bassklar. * Altsax. (auch Baritonsax.) * 3 - 2 * 2 * 2 * 1 - S. (I: Crot. * Gongs * Rohren [Amboss] * Rohrengl. * Nietenbeck. * chin. Beck. * Dome-Beck. * Tamt. * Trgl. * Sprungfeder; II: Vibr. * Gongs * Glsp. * Rohrengl. * Beck. * Dome-Beck. * Tamt. * Crot. * Sistrum * Sprungfeder; III: Vibr. * Gongs * Glsp. * Rohrengl. * Beck. * Dome-Beck. * Crot. * Rohren [Amboss] * Glsp. * Sprungfeder; IV: Crot. * Gongs * Rohrengl. * Nietenbeck. * chin. Beck. * Dome-Beck. * Tamt. * Sistrum * Rohren [Amboss] * Trgl. * Sprungfeder) (4 Spieler) - E-Git. * Hfe. * Keyboard-Sampler* - Str. (6 * 0 * 5 * 5 * 4)* Fur alle technischen Anweisungen wenden Sie sich bitte an www.eotvospeter.com / For technical instructions please contact www.eotvospeter.com.
SKU: HL.49017923
ISBN 9790220131141. UPC: 884088567217. 9.0x12.0x0.125 inches.
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies is universally acknowledged as one of the foremost composers of our time and as he reaches his 75th birthday in 2009 he remains prolific.The sonata for violin and piano was written for the virtuoso violinist, Ilya Gringolts and first performed at the St Magnus Festival in Orkney in 2008. The work is principally concerned with Italian architecture and the music takes both performers and audience across an imaginary walkway over Rome as proposed by the architect Giuseppe Rebecchini. Starting at the 17th Century Chiesa Nuova the exceptional journey passes Renaissance churches, exhibition spaces, the river Tiber, glass facades, sculptures and even a prison where a Lazio folk tune can be heard echoing from behind the walls. The journey ends 15 minutes later at Gianicolo, an area where one can take in breathtaking views over the whole city.
SKU: BT.EMBZ13045
Tomasso Antonio Vitali was born in 1663 in Bologna and died in 1745 in Modena. His father, Giovanni Battista Vitali was one of the most famous musicians of his time. The young Vitali must have received most of his musical education from him. The present edition of Vitali's four sonatas is a selection from the composer's twelve sonatas surviving in manuscript. The four selected sonatas do not put too high technical demands on the violin so that even students with only some years violin training can safely perform them. Territorial restrictions may apply. Please ask before ordering.Tomasso Antonio Vitali wurde 1663 in Bologna geboren und starb 1745 in Modena. Sein Vater, Giovanni Battista Vitali, war ein namhafter Musiker seiner zeit. Der junge Vitali erhielt wahrscheinlich seine musikalische Ausbildung überwiegend von ihm. Die hier veröffentlichten vier Sonaten sind eine Auswahl aus den zwölf, im Autograph überlieferten Sonaten des Komponisten. Die ausgewählten vier Sonaten stellen an den Geiger keine besonders hohen Anforderungen, so dass ihr Vortrag schon nach einigen Jahren Instrumentalstudium zu empfehlen ist.
SKU: HL.49045822
ISBN 9781540024749. UPC: 888680737764. 9.25x12.0x0.29 inches.
The Kreutzer Sonata was originally dedicated not to Rudolphe Kreutzer (who never performed it) but to George Bridgetower, a famed 18th-century Afro-European concert violinist. In an early draft, Beethoven jokingly labeled the piece in starkly racialized terms: Sonata Mulattica composed for the mulatto Brischdauer, big wild mulatto composer.Beethoven and Bridgetower performed the premiere, which was by all accounts a success, and even featuring some improvised embellishment by the violinist. While celebrating afterwards, the two quarreled about what Beethoven construed as Bridgetower's insult of a female acquaintance; the composer then revoked the original dedication, adding Kreutzer's name instead. The work gained acclaim, while Bridgetower's career languished; he eventually died in poverty.Bridgetower has been the subject of considerable research and speculation, most notably in poet Rita Dove's book, Sonata Mulattica. From our 21st-century vantage, considering Bridgetower's unique circumstance, we can only see him as an ambiguous figure who, in embodying difference, provoked inspiration, fantasy, desire, anger and, finally, erasure.My piece is a collection of imaginings about George Bridgetower. It is not programmatic, but it takes on an episodic character, assembled from contrasting fragments. The dance rhythms, recurring figures and gestural contours are intended to feature the embodied expertise and expressivity of the performers, who at times must access liminal sounds and execute complex synchronies. I am grateful to Jenny Koh and Shai Wosner for involving me in their beautiful, virtuosic music-making.
SKU: BT.DHP-1084518-400
ISBN 9789043130240. 340 X 250 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
Op subtiele wijze reikt Millies in dit eenvoudige concertino de vernuftige structuren van de meester aan, hij verweeft veelvuldig kenmerkende drieklank- en toonladderloopjes. De muziek is speelbaar in de eerste positie, daarbij iser veel aandacht voor frasering en boogtechnieken. De mooie pianobegeleiding maakt dit stuk bijzonder geschikt voor een uitvoering.Deze boeken zijn gemaakt binnen het Study and Play-concept, dat de leerling helpt om zijn/haarspel op een plezierige en verantwoorde manier te ontwikkelen. Bij elke uitgave onder deze noemer worden één of twee cdâ??s meegeleverd die iets extraâ??s toevoegen aan de studie-methode. In het geval van de onderstaande uitgaven biedende cdâ??s de mogelijkheid om te studeren in zowel het gewone tempo als een rustig oefentempo. De verzorgde set bestaat verder steeds uit een vioolpartij en pianopartij. De cd bevat tevens de begeleiding, waardoor een pianist nietbeslist noodzakelijk is.Hans Millies (1883-1957) war ein bekannter deutscher Geiger und Dozent, der die Ansicht vertrat, dass Schüler schon von klein an mit dem Klangidiom von groÃ?en Komponisten wie Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart vertraut gemacht werden sollten. Im vorliegenden schlichten Concertino präsentiert Millies geschickt die genialen Strukturen des Meisterkomponisten. Die Musik ist in der ersten Lage spielbar; ein Hauptaugenmerk liegt auf Phrasierung und Bogentechniken. Dank der reizvollen Klavierbegleitungen ist dieses Stück wie geschaffen zur Aufführung.
SKU: FG.55011-546-0
ISBN 9790550115460.
Uuno Klami probably began composing the Sonata in C Minor for Violin and Piano as early as May 1920. He completed two movements but only sketched the finale. The reason why he never finished it may be that he began composing a Viola Sonata at around the same time. In 2016, composer Eero Kesti was editing Klami's Viola Sonata when ne noticed that the main section, Allegro affetta, in its finale is fully based on the sketches for the finale of the Violin Sonata. He concluded that the finales of the two works were presumably meant to be very similar, even though they were in different keys. He therefore constructed the last movement of the Violin Sonata, basing it entirely on the last movement of the Viola Sonata. This, we believe, is what Klami originally intended.
SKU: HL.48025445
ISBN 9783793145820. UPC: 196288216438.
Hans Winterberg's extraordinary life was written in two chapters, one Czech and one German, split right down the middle by the experience of the Shoah, which Winterberg, unlike his colleagues Ullmann, Krása, Haas and Klein, miraculously survived. In 1947, the Prague-born composer moved to Munich, where he worked for the Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation. As a student of Alexander Zemlinsky and Alois Hába, he belongs both to the Czech tradition following Janácek and to the circle of the Second Viennese School. He saw himself as a bridge builder between Western and Eastern culture. The circumstances under which Winterberg was able to compose during the war years are still unclear. Although his “mixed marriage” initially saved him from deportation, he had to perform forced labour and was eventually sent to the Terezin ghetto in January 1945. The Suite for Violin and Piano was composed in 1942, the year in which both Winterberg's mother and his piano professor Thérèse Wallerstein were murdered by the Nazis. Compared to the violin sonata from 1936, the Suite is much more condensed, lasting less than seven minutes. A melody dominated by chromatic turns and expressionist harmony lend the work its melancholy character, which gives way, however, to an almost irrepressible defiance in the rhythmically percussive last movement.
SKU: HL.49017964
ISBN 9790001152938. 9.25x12.0x0.325 inches. German.
Es war 1996, als mir Christoph Poppen, der damalige Leiter des Munchener Kammerorchesters, von einem kuriosen Konzert in Munsing (Ammerland) erzahlte: wahrend eines seiner Konzerte mit dem Orchester in der dortigen Kirche gab es, fur alle hor- und sichtbar, eines der grossten Unwetter, das die Region je gesehen hatte. Dabei schlug der Blitz ein in eine Art Wahrzeichen des Ortes, eine mehrere Jahrhunderte alte Linde. Unter den Zuhorern damals: die dort lebende Dichterin und Schriftstellerin Diana Kempff. Sie war unmittelbar erschuttert vom Tod der Linde und schrieb unter diesem Eindruck einige Gedichte. Christoph Poppen wiederum war - wie in vielen anderen Zusammenhangen auch - genialer Vermittler und stellte alsbald den Kontakt zu mir her. Die Idee: am Ort des Geschehens, in der Munsinger Kirche, solle ein Jahr spater die Urauffuhrung einer Art Requiem fur diesen Baum, der so vieles 'gesehen' hatte, erklingen. Im Rahmen der Holzhauser Musiktagen mit den Texten von Diana Kempff und meiner (noch zu schreibenden) Musik.Es gab bald eine wunderbare, sehr intensive Begegnung von Diana Kempff und mir, bei der sie etwas fur Schriftsteller nicht gerade Typisches tat: sie stellte mir frei, aus den vorliegenden Gedichten nach Belieben lediglich Teile, sogar nur Zeilenfragmente zu verwenden und auch die Reihenfolge nach meinen Bedurfnissen anzuordnen und zu gestalten. Sie begriff sofort (und wunschte!), dass durch die Musik ohnehin etwas Drittes, etwas ganz Anderes entstehen wurde. Die Tatsache, dass wir Monate spater eine sichtlich bewegte Diana Kempff auf die Buhne holen durfte, freute uns alle besonders. Ihre Lyrik ist Ausdruck einer offenkundig zutiefst gequalten Seele und kommt uns oft wunderlich-versponnen entgegen. Einer zerbrechlichen Zartheit steht eine bisweilen fast brutale Harte unversohnlich gegenuber. Das Schubert'sche 'Fremd bin ich eingezogen' gilt fur sie in besonderer Weise und aussert sich in ihren Versen in einer Nahe zu allem Fremden (trotz des gleichzeitigen manischen Umkreisens des Eigenen und der eigenen Erinnerung), Abseitigen und auch (bei aller gleichzeitigen Skepsis) Ubernaturlichen. Dieses geisterhaft-spukige Element versuchte ich durch meine Textauswahl und mit musikalischen Mitteln in diesen nun 'Sieben Abgesangen' zu verdeutlichen. Das erste Stuck ist eine karge Studie uber das Verrinnen der Zeit, das Nichts; das Zweite beschwort den Regen (den heilbringenden) herbei, der dann spater - wenngleich mit entsetzlicher Wirkung - auch kommt. Den dritten Abgesang habe ich 'Tanz der toten Seelen' betitelt; es ist ein Zwiefacher, der jedoch durch seine duster-halbseidene 'Wiener' Chromatik alles Liebenswurdig-Oberbayerische langst verloren hat. Das klanglich vielleicht avancierteste und dichteste Stuck ist der vierte Abgesang, der ganz aus der Perspektive der Linde selbst erzahlt wird. Der funfte Abgesang zu den Worten 'Und wenn der Tod so kommen mag' ist im Stile einer traurigen Volksweise bewusst schlicht gehalten. Wahrend der sechste Satz in seinem expressionistischen Gestus nicht ungefahrlich das Monodram streift, ist es schliesslich die Seele (die ausgehauchte, die weiterexistierende?), die wortlich den letzten Abgesang uber die Baume und die Seelen pragt. Diana Kempffs Gedichte, der Enthusiasmus Christoph Poppens, die phantastischen Urauffuhrungs-Interpreten, allen voran die Sangerin Juliane Banse, haben mich zur Komposition dieser 'Sieben Abgesange auf eine tote Linde' angeregt.Die 'Sieben Abgesange' sind nunmehr auch eine Erinnerung an die erst jungst verstorbene Diana Kempff. Jorg Widmann,im Juni 2008.
SKU: FG.55011-824-9
ISBN 9790550118249.
Mikko Heiniö's Alla madre (2007) abandons the traditional virtuoso concerto concept: here a large orchestra engages in dialogue with a solo violin. The first movement is called Arrivo, “Arrival: the soloist literally arrives later, and by degrees, playing his/her first two solos offstage. Even then the orchestra continues to take the initiative for a long time. Not until the second movement, entitled Aura, “Air or Wind, does the initiative pass to the solo violin as it sets light to notes in the orchestra harmony like individual lamps. And not until the end of the second movement and the beginning of the third does the solo violin play completely on its own. The title of the first movement, “Arrival, underlines the event, the dramaturgy, whereas that of the second movement, “Aura, alludes to the texture and the shimmering space. The third movement is the most strongly emotional, as the name Carezza, “Caress suggests.This product includes the solo part and the piano reduction (B4 sized).The orchestral material is available from the publisher. The orchestration: 3(III+picc)3(III+ca)3(III=bcl)3(III=cfg)-4331-13-hp-str.
