Viola
SKU:
HL.48025394
Viola. Composed by
Elena Kats-Chernin.
Boosey & Hawkes Chamber
Music. Classical.
Softcover. Duration 360
seconds. Bote & Bock
#M202536551. Published by
Bote & Bock
(HL.48025394).
UPC:
196288195467.
This
small suite of three solo
pieces was written for
violist Deborah Lander, a
member of the Sydney
Alpha Ensemble, which
recorded Kats-Chernin's
first portrait CD Clocks
for ABC Classics in 1997.
The first piece turns out
to be a
“classicalâ€
ragtime in which
theabsence of the
accompanying piano with
its chords and
alternating basses is
never noticed. The second
piece on the open D
string flows meditatively
in quiet triple time. The
third piece is a solo
variation of Elena
Kats-Chernin's big
“hitâ€, the
beautiful Eliza Aria from
her ballet Wild Swans.
The three interludes can
be included in a
programme individually or
together, in any
order.