SKU: BA.BVK01950 Composed by Andreas N. Tarkmann and Johannes Kohlmann. P...(+)
SKU: BA.BVK01950
Composed by Andreas N.
Tarkmann and Johannes
Kohlmann. Paperback.
Book. 240 pages.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BVK01950_00. Published
by Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BVK01950).
ISBN
9783761819500. 19 x 12.5
cm inches. Language:
German. Preface:
Tarkmann, Andreas
N.
Mendelssohn's
Violin Concerto op. 64,
is a key work of the 19th
century, adhering to the
classical style of
Beethoven while pointing
the way to the romantic
ethos of Brahms. It has
long been known that
Mendelssohn performed the
work with three soloists
in succession: Ferdinand
David, who worked closely
with the composer during
its composition and
played it at the
premiere; the 'child
prodigy' Joseph Joachim;
and Hubert Leonard, a
young Belgian virtuoso
about whom little is
known.
As proof
sheets for the Violin
Concerto in E minor were
long considered lost, it
could be described as
somewhat of a sensation
when proofs for the solo
violin part resurfaced
together with a letter
from Mendelssohn to
Leonard.
The
letter informs us that
the composer invited
Leonard to his home in
Frankfurt in order to
make his acquaintance. It
was already known that
Mendelssohn had given
proof sheets to David;
now we know that he also
gave some to
Leonard.
The
recently discovered
proofs reveal how Leonard
played the concerto with
Mendelssohn on that
memorable evening in
February 1845. Besides
containing bowing marks
and fingering, they also
show how Leonard executed
shifts of position and
where he employed open
strings. Furthermore
modifications made to
dynamic markings and
additional legato bowing
are shown.
It is
safe to assume that all
of this was done with
Mendelssohn's approval.
That the young violinist
made a positive
impression on the
composer is confirmed in
the latter's
correspondence following
their joint performance.
Mendelssohn is full of
praise for Leonard's
playing and offers to
lend his support in
finding employment in
Germany.
This
revised edition of the
Mendelssohn Violin
Concerto (only the
orchestral parts remain
unchanged) includes a
separate booklet on
performance practice.
The editor, Clive
Brown, is an acknowledged
expert on Romantic
performance
practice.
- New
source situation owing to
recently rediscovered
proofs - Revised
Urtext edition - With
a separate booklet on
performance practice
(Eng/Ger).
Orchestra; Violin (Study Score) SKU: HL.49046240 Violin and Orchestra ...(+)
Orchestra; Violin (Study
Score)
SKU:
HL.49046240
Violin
and Orchestra Study
Score. Composed by
Alban Berg. Edited by
Douglas Jarman. This
edition: Paperback/Soft
Cover. Sheet music. Study
Score. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 1935.
92 pages. Duration 1740
seconds. Eulenburg
Edition #ETP1906.
Published by Eulenburg
Edition (HL.49046240).
ISBN 9783795714536.
UPC: 888680964696.
6.0x9.0x0.237
inches.
The violin
concerto from 1935 is
probably the best-known
and most frequently
performed instrumental
work by Alban Berg.
Written on behalf of the
violinist Louis Krasner,
it is his last completed
composition. Krasner
played the solo part at
the world premiere at the
Palau de la Música
Catalana in Barcelona on
19 April 1936 after
Berg's death. The concert
is dedicated to
“The Memory of an
Angel.†Berg
processed the death of
18-year-old Manon
Gropius, who had
contracted polio, and his
daughter Alma
Mahler-Werfel's marriage
to architect Walter
Gropius. His intention
was “to translate
the traits of the young
girl into musical
charactersâ€. With
more than 1,200 titles
from orchestral and
choral literature,
chamber music and music
theater, Edition
Eulenburg is the largest
score series in the
world. It covers a large
part of music history
from the baroque to
classical modernism and
looks back on a long
tradition.
Orchestra; Violin (Study Score) SKU: HL.49045166 Study Score. Comp...(+)
Orchestra; Violin (Study
Score)
SKU:
HL.49045166
Study
Score. Composed by
Ryan Wigglesworth. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String. Classical.
Softcover. Composed 2011.
72 pages. Duration 16'.
Schott Music #ED13695.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49045166).
ISBN
9790220135002. UPC:
888680724214.
8.25x11.75x0.276
inches.
Violin
Concerto is scored for a
Classical-sized
orchestra, with the
addition of a harp and
celeste, and lasts around
17 minutes. Although the
work sets out to explore
the lyrical
characteristics of the
solo instrument, it is
only gradually that the
violin finds its full,
lyric voice, and thence,
as the work progresses, a
more dominant role. This,
in one sense, is the
'journey' of the piece.
The work's
straightforward formal
scheme consists of three
movements (roughly
fast-slow-fast) framed by
a reflective introduction
and epilogue. However,
these formal divisions
exist within a single,
unbroken arc. Such an
overall symmetrical shape
places the slow Arioso
(itself divided into
three subsections) at the
midpoint, sandwiched
between the two Allegro
movements. The dramaturgy
of the piece centers on a
twofold search. First
there is the ongoing
pursuit to recapture the
simple melodic material
stated by the solo violin
- accompanied by thar
harp's bass register -
during the opening bars.
Whilst aspects of this
melody are invoked
frequently throughout
(especially in the violin
cadenza which closes the
Arioso movement), it is
only with the final and
most important climax of
the work that the melody
appears again in its
complete form, now
accompanied by violent,
orchestral stabs. The
second search is for a
tonal resting place, the
arrival of which is
delayed until the close
of the epilogue. The
original version of the
Violin Concerto,
commissioned by the
Netherlands Chamber
Orchestra, was premiered
in Amsterdam in February
2012 with Gordan Nikolic
as soloist. The present,
revised version was
created for Barnabas
Kelemen and the
Halle.
(After The Text Of Alban Berg). By Alban Berg (1885-1935). Edited by Douglas Jar...(+)
(After The Text Of Alban
Berg). By Alban Berg
(1885-1935). Edited by
Douglas Jarman. For Solo
Violin, Orchestra. This
edition: Critical
Complete Edition.
Hardcover. 83 pages.
Duration 23 minutes.
Published by Universal
Edition
Cadenzas to Beethoven's Violin Concerto fur Violin and Orchestra op. 61 by Ludwi...(+)
Cadenzas to Beethoven's
Violin Concerto fur
Violin and Orchestra op.
61 by Ludwig van
Beethoven (1770-1827).
Edited by Martin
Wulfhorst. For violin
solo (violin and
orchestra). This edition:
Stapled. For piano
reduction and performance
material see BA 9019.
Performance score,
Anthology. Opus 61. 59
pages. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag