Peter Maxwell Davies' Sonatina For Violin Alone for solo Violin. This instrument...(+)
Peter Maxwell Davies' Sonatina For Violin Alone for solo Violin. This instrumental work was commissioned by Fenella Humphreys as part for the Bach to the Future project. The first performancetook place on 20th June 2015 at St. Magnus' Cathedral Kirkwall by Fenella Humphreys. Duration: approx. 11 minutes.
This work was commissioned by the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig. First performance on 22...(+)
This work was commissioned by the Gewandhaus zu Leipzig. First performance on 22nd August 2009 at the Leipzig Gewandhaus given by Daniel Hope (violin) and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig conducted by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.
This unaffected but effective piece is a homage to the late Marjorie Linklater ...(+)
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 afond 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 essenceof 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. Durationc. 4 minutes.
A Selkie Tale is a short music-theatre work (duration about 25 minutes) designed...(+)
A Selkie Tale is a short music-theatre work (duration about 25 minutes) designed for performance by seven- to eleven-year-olds year olds. Four solo roles and several separate chorus groups give scope for the participation of a large number of children of all ability levels.The story is a humorous version of the Orkney folk-tale of an islander kidnapping a Selkie wife - a creature who is a seal in the sea and a woman on the land. Things go hilariously wrong with the Selkie wife escaping to rejoin her companions in the sea and Mansie the islander facing a most uncongenial alliance with his cousin and housekeeper Miss Trowie-Tattibogle.Violin part.This isa special item which is made to order. Please e-mail our Mail Order Department for further information.
