Violin - difficult
SKU: HL.49017065
For solo violin.
Composed by Kenneth
Hesketh. This edition:
Saddle stitching. Sheet
music. String Solo. Book
only. Composed 2005. 16
pages. Duration 12'.
Schott Music #ED 12878.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49017065).
ISBN
9790220130571.
9.0x12.0x0.052
inches.
Taking his
starting point from 17th
century philosopher-poet
Cyrano de Bergerac's
'Grandes Plaines du
Jour', Hesketh powerfully
fuses a huge range of
performing and
compositional techniques
into this 12 minute work
for solo violin. Inspired
by Bergerac's
imaginations of other
worlds and utopian
societies, the work
explores extreme ranges
and timbres whilst using
techniques such as left
hand pizzicato and
natural harmonics.
Open-fifth material,
which is natural to the
instrument, is prominent
and short duets
alternating between arco
and pizzicato figures add
yet another
dimension.