String Quartet SKU: HL.14035177 Composed by Kevin Volans. Music Sales Ame...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
HL.14035177
Composed
by Kevin Volans. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover].
Composed 1999. 32 pages.
Chester Music #CH61341.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14035177).
ISBN 9780711979406.
8.25x11.75x0.142
inches.
Irish
composer Kevin Volans'
work has gained
international acclaim
over the years. Drawing
on a combination of
European and African
compositional techniques,
his music displays a
unique charm. Volans'
distinctive sound is
heavily in demand, and
since the mid-1980s his
work has been performed
regularly at such venues
as the Pompidou Centre,
the Royal Albert Hall and
the Lincoln Center in New
York. This work for
string quartet was
commissioned by the
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance
Company, and was first
performed on the 16th
December 1990 at the
Almeida Theatre, London,
by the Smith Quartet.
Score. Parts available:
CH61342.
String Quartet SKU: HL.14035183 Composed by Kevin Volans. Music Sales Ame...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
HL.14035183
Composed
by Kevin Volans. Music
Sales America. 20th
Century. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2000. 80 pages. Chester
Music #CH61336. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14035183).
ISBN
9780711976689.
9.0x12.0x0.372
inches.
Kevin
Volans has been described
as one of the more
inventive composers since
Stravinsky. Songlines was
composed in 1988, and
revised in 1993. Score
available: CH61335.
Irish composer Kevin Volans' work has gained international acclaim over the year...(+)
Irish composer Kevin
Volans' work has gained
international acclaim
over the years. Drawing
on a combination of
European and African
compositional techniques,
his music displays a
unique charm. Volans'
distinctive sound is
heavily in demand, and
since the mid-1980s his
work has been performed
regularly at such venues
as the Pompidou Centre,
the Royal Albert Hall and
the Lincoln Center in New
York. This work for
string quartet was
commissioned by the
Shobana Jeyasingh Dance
Company, and was first
performed on the 16th
December 1990 at the
Almeida Theatre, London,
by the Smith Quartet. Set
of parts. Score
available: CH61341
Composed by Kevin Volans.
Music Sales America.
Post-1900. Sheet Music,
Score. With Text
language: English.
Chester Music #SOS03331.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14017540).
UPC: 884088838799.
11.0x8.5x0.038
inches.
Written for
the Durban Art Gallery.
Scored for Flute,
Harpshichord (Piano), and
Handclappers.
2 Pianos SKU: HL.14035171 Composed by Kevin Volans. Music Sales America. ...(+)
2 Pianos
SKU:
HL.14035171
Composed
by Kevin Volans. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Score. Composed 1990. 18
pages. Chester Music
#CH61211. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14035171).
ISBN
9780711963214.
12.0x9.0x0.087
inches.
Cicada was
commissioned for Double
Edge Piano Duo by the
Mary Carey Foundation,
the first performance was
given by Double Edge in
Los Angeles 1994. The
piece should be played
half-pedal throughout,
and the pianos should be
placed as far apart as
possible.
String Quartet SKU: HL.14035182 Gathering (Score). Composed by Kev...(+)
String Quartet
SKU:
HL.14035182
Gathering (Score).
Composed by Kevin Volans.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Score.
Composed 1993. 40 pages.
Chester Music #CH60972.
Published by Chester
Music (HL.14035182).
ISBN 9780711967311.
9.0x12.0x0.14
inches.
String
Quartet No.2 Hunting:
Gathering was
commissioned by Doris and
Myron Beigler and the
Lincoln Center for the
Performing Arts for the
Kronos Quartet. It was
first performed by them
in December 1987, San
Francisco. Duration 24
minutes. Parts available:
CH61330.
Two Pianos SKU: HL.14017531 Composed by Kevin Volans. Music Sales America...(+)
Two Pianos
SKU:
HL.14017531
Composed
by Kevin Volans. Music
Sales America. Post-1900.
Sheet Music, Instrumental
Work. With Text language:
English. Chester Music
#SOS03858. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14017531).
String Quartet (Parts) SKU: HL.14037707 Parts. Composed by Kevin V...(+)
String Quartet (Parts)
SKU: HL.14037707
Parts. Composed by
Kevin Volans. Music Sales
America. Contemporary.
Softcover. Composed 2010.
80 pages. Chester Music
#CH7452501. Published by
Chester Music
(HL.14037707).
ISBN
9781849385916. UPC:
884088578626.
8.25x11.75x0.262
inches.
Kevin
Volans' String Quartet
No. 9: Shiva Dances was
commissioned by BBC Radio
3 and first performed by
the Smith Quartet at the
2004 Huddersfield
Contemporary Music
Festival.
Kevin
Volans (the composer)
notes on the
piece: In the past
I have been interested in
trying to go beyond
historicism (1970s),
beyond style(1980s) and
beyond form (1990s) in my
work. Looking back over
the music of the
twentiethcentury I was
struck by the fact the
nearlyall of it is
extremely 'busy', almost
cluttered. Italmost
seemed that composers
felt compelled to look
industrious. In the new
millennium Ithought it
would be interesting to
try and eliminate
content. I also aspired
to movingfrommusic (sound
as art) to art (art as
sound). This, of course,
has already been done by
a numberof composers
(many from New York -
Phil Niblock and La Monte
Young, to name but two),
butit was something I had
never tried.AlthoughI
found it annoying that
the label 'minimalist'
was given to my
African-based work,and
fearing this would make
the label stick, I set
out to write a piece
which reflected my loveof
minimal painting and
architecture. The
Japanesehave a term
'wabi' meaning
'voluntarypoverty' or
'emptiness' to describe
their restrained minimal
aesthetic, an aesthetic
which,however, pays
greatest attention to the
quality of material and
fine detail. I like to
think thatthelack of
excessive pitch material
in this piece reflects a
kind of voluntary
poverty.When Shiva is
portrayed dancing (as
Nataraj) He is depicted
in a circle of flames
crushing asmall figure -
the ego - underfoot.You
get theimpression He
dances on the spot, not
movingaround at all. I
like that. The piece
is dedicated to Pablo
Pascual
Cilleruelo.
Cello; Piano Accompaniment (Cello Part And Piano Score) SKU: HL.284546 (+)
Cello; Piano
Accompaniment (Cello Part
And Piano Score)
SKU:
HL.284546
Cello
and Piano Version.
Composed by Kevin Volans.
Music Sales America.
Classical. Softcover.
Chester Music #CH86372 .
Published by Chester
Music (HL.284546).
For Bob is
arranged for Cello and
Piano. First performed by
Elisabeth Smalt and Kevin
Volans, London 2016.
Composers Note: I have no
idea where this piece
came from and how it is
structured. But before
and after I wrote it I
was nagged by the
question: what does the
viola have to do with the
piano? Did this
combination evolve by
unfortunate accident? The
viola was perfected in
the 18th century. Its
natural metier is
(private) chamber music.
The piano on the other
hand kept growing and
blossomed in the 19th
century as the ultimate
public instrument. If the
piano is to play with the
viola, it has to rein
back its power and pose
as an accompanist. Maybe
a third instrument,
perhaps from the 20th
century, is needed to
mediate between these two
very different sound
worlds. So whenwe play
this 'trio' with 2
instruments I invite the
listener to mentally add
the silent part(ner). -
Kevin Volans.