Piano Quintet (Score &
Parts) - difficult
SKU: HL.49045531
For string quartet and
piano. Composed by
Pierre Jalbert. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Edition Schott.
Classical. Softcover.
Composed 2017. 84 pages.
Duration 19'. Schott
Music #ED31291. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49045531).
ISBN
9781495094767. UPC:
888680685058.
9.0x12.0x0.401
inches.
My Piano
Quintet consists of four
contrasting movements.
The first movement,
entitled Mannheim Rocket,
is a modern take on the
18th-century musical
technique in which a
rising figure speeds up
and grows louder. Marked
'Furioso', the movement
is gradually filled with
rising scalar figures
which build in volume and
finally 'launch' into
space with ethereal
string harmonics. At this
point, the music becomes
almost static, though the
inner rhythm
continues.The second
movement, entitled Kyrie,
is marked 'Still,
chant-like'. The
principal idea, stated
between first violin and
viola, is a chromatically
transformed chant-like
motive. It also features
a long, lyrical cello
line, made up exclusively
of natural harmonics,
emphasizing the
non-tempered ('out of
tune') 7th and 11th
partials.The third
movement is a scherzo in
which the strings and
piano sometimes alternate
and imitate each other,
reacting to each other's
gestures, and at other
times, combine and
synchronize to produce a
more blended sound. A
short Trio-like section
appears before the return
of the scherzo music.The
last movement, Pulse, is
made up of perpetually
moving 8th notes,
sometimes harmonically
static, but always
pushing forward. The work
is interrupted twice with
short, freer sections,
but always returns to its
pulse-oriented nature.-
Pierre Jalbert.