Cello quintet - Grade 6-8
SKU: ST.C360
Composed by J Remy.
String music. Study
score. Clifton Edition
#C360. Published by
Clifton Edition
(ST.C360).
ISBN
9790570813605.
Gavo
tte en Rondeau from
Violin Partita No.3 (BWV
1006).
Paper,
daylight and candles were
often in short supply
during Bachâ??s very
busy lifetime but simply
to view the autograph
score in his hand of the
Sonatas and Partitas for
solo violin is to be
bound into a spell by the
beauty, skill and
extempore furiosity of
the script. The cycle has
been described as a
miracle of implied
harmony and rich harmonic
textures, â??its
freshness and maturity,
its depth, its beauty,
its response to all
moodsâ? informing a
work of humanity and
genius unparalleled in
all the literature for
solo violin.
The
present arrangement of
the Gavotte en Rondeau
from Partita No. 3
(BWV1006) is based on
Rachmaninoffâ??s
intricate harmonisation
for piano. â??Ruht
Wohlâ?? from the St.
John Passion (BWV 245).
In the final Chorus from
the St. John Passion,
Bach imbues the popular
dance-forms of the
Sarabande and Minuet with
a spiritual theme of
atonement and
reconciliation. The three
ritornelli stand like
pillars in a palindromic
structure whose unbroken
melodic line and flowing
counterpoint represent a
â??timeless
continuanceâ??. The
original scoring is light
and transparent, and
transfers appropriately
to a choir of cellos
without the loss of any
counterpoint. Prelude Op.
25 No 3 by Rachmaninoff.
Throughout his career as
a composer and virtuoso
pianist, this Prelude was
one of Rachmaninoffâ??s
favourite pieces and he
dedicated it to his
teacher Alexander Siloti.
A powerful structure is
built up from a small
rhythmic motif,
reminiscent of
Tchaikovskyâ??s
representations of fate
or Shostakovichâ??s of
looming state power. This
is contrasted with a
lyrical middle section
and a final phrase marked
leggiero in which the
music flies off into the
air like a bird.
