(Very First Pieces with Piano Accompaniment). Arranged by Paul de Keyser. For Vi...(+)
(Very First Pieces with
Piano Accompaniment).
Arranged by Paul de
Keyser. For Violin. Book;
Method/Instruction;
String - Violin Studies
or Collection. Faber
Edition. Beginner;
Elementary. Published by
Faber Music
Trans
figured Life - Still
Life, Op. 165 (violin and
piano) - David
Braid
I am keen on
concise musical forms
such as Prelude and
Fugue, where there is one
clear straightforward
idea, followed by another
that is more involved and
developed.
In
keeping with that idea,
this work consists of two
distinct pieces, the
first - Transfigured Life
- aims to draw in the
listener with its quick,
dancing rhythm and
simple, melodic violin
part. It 'transfigures'
via a few short solo
piano interludes into
just two alternating
notes to end - which are
the core of the original
idea, now made clear by
clearing everything else
out of the
way.
The second
piece - Still Life -
retains its sense of
stillness through an
uncomplicated piano line
that gives lots of space
for the violin's
contrasting (but again
simple) part. As an
absolute, not
programmatic, piece the
title refers to the
atmospheric colour and
pacing only; it's up to
the listener to see
'Still life' of their
choosing in their own
mind.
A note on
performance: Despite
my reference to 'simple'
lines, and the work's
determined avoidance of
mainstream modernist
squeak - the work has
certain performance
challenges of phrasing
and ensemble that
requires considerable
skill and musicianship.
The work has had the
privilege of being
recently recorded by
violinist Ezgi
Sarıkcıoğlu and
pianist Rossitza
Stoycheva, and is
available on all major
platforms:
Violin and piano (reduction) SKU: BO.B.3414 Composed by Jordi Cervello. I...(+)
Violin and piano
(reduction)
SKU:
BO.B.3414
Composed by
Jordi Cervello.
Instrumental Sets.
Duration 12:00. Published
by Editorial de Musica
Boileau (BO.B.3414).
English
comments: Concertino
for violin and string
orchestra was composed in
1993. It is a pleasant
score with a slightly
virtuosic touch written
with the idea of creating
a relaxed atmosphere in
which the soloist and the
orchestra can display
their technique and
expressive capabilities.
It is a work, similar in
lenght to baroque
concertos, and is divided
into three movements,
folowing the conventional
form.: two fast movements
around a slow one. Te
first two movements
-Allegro burlesco and
Adagio cantabile- follow
the ABA pattern. The
third starts with a
-cadenza- by the soloist
which includes thematic
material from the
previous slow movement
linking straight up to
the -Presto- which uses
as its main idea a more
forceful version of the
opening melodic sketch of
the -Allegro burlesco-
converted into three
time. The work was
specially creatied for
the violinist Gerard
Claret and the Orquestra
de Cambra Nacional
d'Andorra. Recordings:
Hermitage
Orchestra-Camerata St.
Petersburg, violin:
Sergey Malov, conductor:
Alexis Soriano. Ensayo
(ENY-2003). Jordi
Cervello
Comenta
rios del
Espanol: Concertino
para violin y orquesta de
cuerda es una obra
compuesta en 1993. Se
trata de una partitura
amable y de cierto toque
virtuosistico cuya
principal preocupacion ha
sido crear una atmosfera
distendida en la que el
solista y la orquesta
puedan desplegar con
espontaneidad sus
capacidades tecnicas y
expresivas. Es una obra
de duracion similar a la
de los conciertos del
barroco y dividida en sus
tres tipicos movimientos.
Dos rapidos enmarcando
uno lento. Los dos
primeros -Allegro
burlesco y Adagio
cantabile- se desarrollan
bajo el esquema ABA. El
tercero inicia con una
-cadenza- del solista que
recoge material tematico
del movimiento lento
precedente para enlazar
sin interrupcion con el
-Presto- que utiliza como
idea principal el dibujo
melodico que abre el
-Allegro burlesco-, pero
mas decidido y a compas
ternario. La obra fue
compuesta expresamente
para el violinista Gerard
Claret y la Orquestra
Nacional de Cambra
d'Andorra. Grabaciones:
Hermitage
Orchestra-Camerata St.
Petersburg, violin
solista: Sergey Malov,
direccion: Alexis
Soriano. Ensayo
(ENY-2003) Jordi
Cervello.
Skilful Solos Violon et Piano [Partition + CD] - Intermédiaire Anglo Music
Violin and Piano - intermediate SKU: BT.AMP-348-400 20 Progressive Pie...(+)
Violin and Piano -
intermediate
SKU:
BT.AMP-348-400
20
Progressive Pieces with
Piano Accompaniment.
Composed by Philip
Sparke. Tuition. Book
with CD. Composed 2013.
44 pages. Anglo Music
Press #AMP 348-400.
Published by Anglo Music
Press (BT.AMP-348-400).
ISBN 9789043138666.
9x12 inches.
English-German-French-Dut
ch.
Philip
Sparke’s
Skilful Solos is
the second volume of a
progressive series of
solo books that takes the
young wind player from
beginner to accomplished
musician. Following on
from the first book in
the series Starter
Solos this collection
generally contains longer
pieces suitable for the
developing young
musician. Specifically
tailored for each
instrument, Skilful
Solos introduces the
concept of phrasing by
suggesting suitable
breathing points and
takes the player into new
keys with extended
instrumental ranges, new
notes being introduced in
a gradual and logical
manner.Skilful
Solos comes with a
play-along CD. The
advantages of playing
eitherwith piano or CD
accompaniment are that
the beginning player can
now experience the
important aspects of
ensemble playing from
their earliest lessons,
thus developing the
essential skills of
listening while they play
and maintaining strict
tempo, which is not
always achieved when
playing alone.
Skilful
Solos past in het
rijtje Starter
Studies, Skilful
Studies, Super
Studies en Starter
Solos, een succesvolle
reeks van Philip Sparke.
Net als de eerdergenoemde
uitgaven bevat Skilful
Solos
waardevol,motiverend
speelmateriaal dat de
keuze voor een methode
aanvult. Nieuwe muzikale
elementen komen in een
logische volgorde aan de
orde - om de ontwikkeling
van de complete muzikant
te bevorderen. Uitgave
met cd: De voordelen van
het spelen metbegeleiding
- hetzij op de piano,
hetzij op de cd - zijn
dat de beginnende speler
de belangrijke aspecten
van het ensemblespel kan
ervaren vanaf de eerste
lessen en essentiële
vaardigheden kan
aanleren: het luisteren
tijdens het spelen en
hethandhaven van een
strak tempo. Bij het
alleen spelen komen deze
factoren minder aan de
orde.
Das frühe
Lernstadium ist, neben
einem guten Lehrer im
Unterricht, für jedes
Instrument zweifellos das
Wichtigste. Von großer
Bedeutung ist aber auch
motivierendes
Lehrmaterial. Für
diese zwei Solobücher
beriet sich Philip Sparke
mit vielen Lehrern, wie
man am besten neue Noten
einführt und zugleich
einen Rahmen schafft, in
den sich neue
musikalische Elemente in
sinnvoller Reihenfolge
einfügen lassen.
Unterstützt von
diesenSoli und Etüden
in drei verschiedenen
Schwierigkeitsstufen
können
Instrumentalschüler
schnell zu richtigen
Musikern heranreifen.
Jedes Buch ist genau auf
die Bedürfnisse und
Anforderungen des
einzelnen Instrumentes
zugeschnitten. STARTER
SOLOS und SKILFUL SOLOS
können dank der im
Buch und auf der CD
enthaltenen Begleitungen
auch gut alleine oder mit
einem Pianisten
einstudiert und
aufgeführt werden. Der
Vorteil dabei ist, dass
Anfänger so nicht nur
die wichtigsten Aspekte
desEnsemblespiels
erfahren sondern auch von
Anfang an die
Fähigkeit entwickeln,
zu hören während
sie spielen und das Tempo
zu halten.
Inhalt:
Nice to See You Again
•Pony and Trap
•Summer Siesta
•Spring (Vivaldi)
•A Victorian Ballad
•Trumpet Tune
•Promenade
•Greensleeves
•Could You Repeat
That? •Alladale
Aria •Scales of
Justice •Largo from
Winter (Vivaldi)
•Waltz with
Variations •Atthe
Circus - Adagio (Mozart)
- Marche Militaire
(Schubert) - Thinking of
You - Fives and Threes -
Daydream - Rhode Island
Rag
Skilfu
l Solos può essere
considerato il seguito di
Starter Solos.
Suonare con
l’accompagnamento
è un lavoro di squadra
che sviluppa la capacit
di ascolto e di reazione.
Skilful Solos è
indispensabile per
progredire nel mondodella
musica.
(First Edition Violin and Piano). By Nikolaj A. Roslawez. Edited by Maria Lobano...(+)
(First Edition Violin and
Piano). By Nikolaj A.
Roslawez. Edited by Maria
Lobanova. For Violin,
Piano Accompaniment.
String. Softcover. 44
pages. Schott Music
#VLB143. Published by
Schott Music
Violin & Orchestra Reduction (Piano). Composed by Claude Debussy (1862-1...(+)
Violin & Orchestra
Reduction
(Piano). Composed by
Claude
Debussy (1862-1918) and
Robert Orledge. Arranged
by
Robert Orledge. String.
Softcover. 34 pages.
Schott
Music #VLB214. Published
by
Schott Music
For Violin and Piano Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Violin/Piano) SKU: HL.97847...(+)
For Violin and Piano
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin (Violin/Piano)
SKU: HL.978474
Arranged by Endre Granat.
LKM Music. Classical,
General Worship, Sacred.
Softcover. Lauren Keiser
Music Publishing
#S511046. Published by
Lauren Keiser Music
Publishing (HL.978474).
ISBN 9781638871361.
UPC: 196288090922.
9.0x12.0x0.102
inches.
This one of
a kind album pairs two of
the most performed Ave
Maria's for violin and
piano, meticulously
edited by Jascha Heifetz'
protege, Endre Granat.
The first of these is
Schubert's melody, which
was originally composed
as a setting of a song
from Walter Scott's
popular narrative poem
The Lady of the Lake,
titled, “Ellen's Third
Song” (Ellens dritter
Gesang). The opening
words and refrain of
Ellen's song, namely
“Ave Maria” (Latin
for “Hail Mary”), may
have led to the idea of
adapting Schubert's
melody as a setting for
the full text of the
traditional Roman
Catholic prayer. The
Latin version of the song
is now so frequently used
with Schubert's melody
that it has led to the
misconception that he
originally wrote the
melody as a setting for
the “Ave Maria.” The
second Ave Maria in this
collection was created
when Gounod famously
improvised the melody
over the background of
J.S. Bach's Prelude No. 1
in C major, BWV 846, from
The Well-Tempered
Clavier. Gounod's
beatiful improvisation
was transcribed by his
future father-in-law
Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume
Zimmermann, which was
published with the Bach
keyboard accompaniment in
1835 under the title
“Méditation sur le
Premier Prélude de Piano
de S. Bach.” Alongside
Schubert's version, the
Bach/Gounod Ave Maria has
become a fixture at
funerals, wedding masses,
and quinceañeras. Both
works have been recorded
hundreds of times during
the twentieth
century.
Chamber Music Cello, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.114423360 Composed by Stacy Ga...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Piano, Violin
SKU:
PR.114423360
Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Set of
Score and Parts. 24+12+12
pages. Duration 8:30.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-42336. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114423360).
UPC:
680160686285.
When
the Newport Music
Festival commissioned me
for a piano trio in honor
of their 2021 season, I
looked for a topic that
would celebrate an aspect
of the Newport community.
While researching the
area, I was struck by the
nine lighthouses situated
around the island. The
dual nature of
lighthouses was
particularly appealing to
me: not only do they
serve a vital role in the
navigation of ships
around rocks and land,
but they are also a
beautiful sight,
particularly at night
when their blinking
beacons are clearly
visible to the eye. It
occurred to me that
lighthouses link the past
with the present, and
will endure long into the
future, with their
beacons serving the same
purpose for every
generation.I became
fascinated with the
lighthouse on the
property of Castle Hill
Inn, located at the
opening of the East
Passage of the
Narragansett Bay. This
squat thirty-four foot
granite structure was
erected in 1890 on a very
picturesque spot, right
at the water’s
edge. Its
“characteristic,â
the nautical term
for each
lighthouse’s
unique light sequence
that allows ships to
identify the lighthouse,
is to alternate on for
three seconds, then off
for three seconds. The
lighthouse has also
served as the starting
and finish line for
numerous high profile
yacht races, as well as
survived a massive
hurricane in 1938, though
the lighthouse
keeper’s nearby
residence wasn’t
so lucky. American
novelist Thornton Wilder
wrote much of his 1973
novel Theophilus North
while staying at the
Castle Hill Inn; a
passage from the book
perfectly captures the
dual nature of
lighthouses:“At a
later visit I was able to
engage the pentagonal
room in a turret above
the house; from that
magical room I could see
at night the beacons of
six lighthouses and hear
the booming and chiming
of as many sea
buoys.â€In Beacon of
the Bay, we first hear
the lighthouse’s
characteristic as its
ruby light blinks on and
off. This is followed by
a simple theme that
represents the lighthouse
performing its solitary
duty. As the piece
progresses, we hear waves
playfully lapping around
its base, then yachts
gracefully floating by;
this is followed by a
violent storm that churns
the waves with so much
force that they crash
against the
lighthouse’s
granite body. But the
steadfast lighthouse
holds firm to the rocks,
grandly blinking its ruby
light. The music quiets
back down to its simple
theme, with yachts
sailing by once more as
the piece concludes.
Enigma Violon et Piano [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Cello, Clarinet, Flute, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.14440516S Com...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Clarinet, Flute, Piano,
Violin
SKU:
PR.14440516S
Composed
by Robert Martin. Full
score. With Standard
notation. 44 pages.
Duration 9 minutes, 15
seconds. Theodore Presser
Company #144-40516S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.14440516S).
UPC:
680160667864. 9 x 12
inches.
In 1979,
Martin produced a set of
three quintets, in
consideration of Gorky's
piece Nighttime Enigma
Nostalgia. Each is scored
for flute, clarinet,
violin, cello, and piano.
As the title suggests,
the music is in a state
of perpetual questioning
using a variety of
approaches. For example,
Enigma opens using
ostinati (plural of
ostinato) that do not
match in length, like a
staircase with each step
a different height.
Additionally, the music
has sudden starts and
stops, again unexplained.
There are dramatic and
powerful explosive
passages that are
interrupted. The
technique, used to create
this feeling of a
perplexed music world
where things seem often
not to make sense and to
be left unresolved, is
called in poetry and
literature, anticlimax.
In Enigma, the music
suggests one direction;
then refuses to continue,
striking out in another
direction. Artists use
approaches such as this
to force themselves into
creative circumstances
that they otherwise might
not have discovered.
(From the performance
notes.).
Nighttime Violon et Piano [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Cello, Clarinet, Flute, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.14440515S Com...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Clarinet, Flute, Piano,
Violin
SKU:
PR.14440515S
Composed
by Robert Martin. Full
score. With Standard
notation. 48 pages.
Theodore Presser Company
#144-40515S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.14440515S).
UPC:
680160667819. 9 x 12
inches.
In 1979,
Martin produced a set of
three quintets, in
consideration of Gorky's
piece Nighttime Enigma
Nostalgia. Each is scored
for flute, clarinet,
violin, cello, and piano.
One role of music is to
evoke. Therefore,
Nighttime is a nocturne,
a night piece suggestive
of flickering shadows,
perhaps created by
firelight. It is a
recurrent setting in
human existence. The
music opens with the
scene of twilight calm,
gently disturbed with the
slight uncertainty about
what is around us, what
we cannot see. Later, the
clarinet takes on a solo
role, and the notes bleed
like careless paint into
the other instruments
that quietly sustain
them. Next, the flute
takes over the role of
solo. The piece ends with
a repeated cadence of
morning light. (From the
performance notes.).
Violin-solo, piano (Violin solo, Piano) SKU: BA.BA09099-92 First Versi...(+)
Violin-solo, piano
(Violin solo, Piano)
SKU: BA.BA09099-92
First Version
1844. Composed by
Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn. Edited by R.
Larry Todd. This edition:
urtext edition. Stapled.
Barenreiter Urtext. Early
version 1844. Piano
reduction, Part. Opus 64.
Duration 12 hours.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA09099_92. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA09099-92).
ISBN
9790006565733. 31 x 24.3
cm inches. Key: E minor.
Preface: Larry R.
Todd.
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).
About
Barenreiter Urtext
Orchestral
Parts
Why musicians
love to play from
B�¤renreiter Urtext
Orchestral
Parts
- Urtext
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possible to the
composer�s
intentions - With
alternate versions in
full score and parts
- Orchestral parts in an
enlarged format of 25.5cm
x 32.5cm - With
cues, rehearsal letters,
and page turns where
players need them -
Clearly presented divisi
passages so that players
know exactly what they
have to play -
High-quality paper with a
slight yellow tinge which
does not glare under
lights and is thick
enough that reverse pages
do not shine
through
(Movements I and II Arranged for Violin and Piano). By Igor Fyodorovich Stravins...(+)
(Movements I and II
Arranged for Violin and
Piano). By Igor
Fyodorovich Stravinsky.
Arranged by David
Dutkanicz. For violin
piano. 8 2 pages.
Duration 7 minutes.
Published by Carl Fischer
Chamber Music Cello, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.414411630 Composed by Shulamit...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Piano, Violin
SKU:
PR.414411630
Composed
by Shulamit Ran. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
28+28+20+24+20+24 pages.
Duration 20 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#414-41163. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.414411630).
ISBN
9781491114551. UPC:
680160089956. 9.5 x 13
inches.
EXCURSIONS
is a one-movement work
exploring two
“characters.â€
A rhapsodic, descending
passage is introduced by
the cello, followed by
a static,
chorale-like phrase for
the violin and cello.
Their individual
developments are
separated by a slow,
contrasting middle
section. The composer has
written: “This is
analogous to situations
in life: we stand by a
crossroad, choosing one
option and forfeiting the
other. But in art, the
realm of the imagination,
we can perhaps afford to
pursue more than one
route to its ultimate
destination… or can
we? It is symbolic that
in this work both roads
eventually lead to the
same
place.â€. Excursi
ons for violin, cello and
piano, is a one-movement
work of tripartite
structure in which
materials explored in the
first of three large
sections are brought back
in the last section.Â
The traditional
statement-contrast-restat
ement form, which is
readily suggested by such
a description, is,
however, not at all in
the mold in which the
work is cast. Rather,
my aim was to subject the
essential materials of
the piece (two
“charactersâ€
–the rhapsodic,
descending passage played
by the cello in the very
opening and, later, a
static, slow moving,
chorale-like phrase for
the violin and cello) to
two entirely different
developments separated by
a slow, contrasting
middle section. This
is analogous to an
exploration of the
ramifications that two
divergent choices made by
the same person might
lead to. In life, as
we stand by a crossroad,
choosing one option
usually means having to
forfeit the other.Â
But in art, the realm of
the imagination, we can
perhaps afford to pursue
more than one route to
its ultimate
destination…or can
we? It is, I believe,
symbolic that in this
work both roads
eventually lead to the
same place: in composing
Excursions, it seemed
absolutely inescapable
that at the end the slow,
contrasting middle
sections – both
more resigned and
peaceful than the
battling spirits of the
outer parts –
should return briefly to
end the work. The
piano trio combination
(once highly favored, but
to this composer still as
challenging today) is
approached here as a
collaborative effort of
three equal soloists
– partners. Of
the available pairings,
the two strings find
themselves occasionally
approached as a team
pitted against the
piano. The
cello-piano combination
is also not uncommon
here, and there is an
extended violin cadenza
toward the end of the
piece. The writing
for the three instruments
is closely and at times
interlinked, but the
players are all
instructed to play from
scores. Excursions was
first performed at
Brandeis University in
1982.