Chamber Music Violin 1, Violin 2, Viola, Cello, Piano SKU: PR.11441123S C...(+)
Chamber Music Violin 1,
Violin 2, Viola, Cello,
Piano
SKU:
PR.11441123S
Composed
by Samuel Adler. Score.
With Standard notation.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41123S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.11441123S).
UPC:
680160016303. 8.5 x 11
inches.
The Quintet
for Piano and String
Quartet was written for
the American String
Quartet in the summer of
2000. It is in one
movement but has two
distinct parts. The first
is a slow movement
characterized by dotted
rhythms. It is a fantasy
with some long flowing
lines interrupted by
short fragments usually
in the piano. After a
rather agitated section
in 6/8 time, this section
comes to a quiet close on
a G-sharp major chord.
The second section of
this thirteen-minute work
is marked Fast and
Energetic. It begins with
chords that recur
throughout the movement
and after two measures a
long main theme is
introduced which is
developed and altered
during the rest of the
fast portion of the work.
One could call this
second part a sort of
rondo form since this
long lyrical theme
returns always after
contrasts. When it does
return, it is treated
often by means of
imitation, but at the
climax returns played in
unison by the strings
while the piano renders
an energetic sixteenth
note background. The work
ends on an E-flat major
chord though the piece is
certainly not in any one
key, but rather features
quick modulations. One
might call this non-tonal
music which nevertheless
always feels like it has
a tonal center. --Samuel
Adler.