Piano
SKU:
HL.278745
Piano
Solo. Composed by
Frederick Viner. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Softcover. 8 pages.
Duration 300 seconds.
University of York Music
Press #M570368143.
Published by University
of York Music Press
(HL.278745).
Herz an Herz,
as the title implies
(heart to heart), is a
love duet. Two distinct
voices, characterised
through their respective
male and female vocal
registers, negotiate a
warm, heartfelt melody
through a loosely
strophic form. Initially
the voices sing in turn,
each section - or verse -
led predominantly by one.
Each time their lines
entwine, virtuosic
flourishes ascend the
keyboard, interrupting to
render them silent again.
It is only after one
particularly tumultuous
episode that the true
duet appears: Out of the
murky resonances of the
lowest “Aâ€
emerges the throbbing
chords and impassioned
vocal lines from
WagnerÂ’s famous duet,
O sink hernieder, Nacht
der Liebefrom the second
act of Tristan und
Isolde. The 'singers',
now reconciled, come
together for one final
verse before a fleeting
memory of the beginning
gently ushers in the end
of the piece. Herz an
Herz was awarded 1st
prize in William Howard's
Love Song Composing
Competition and was
premiered on 26th April
2017 at Hoxton Hall,
London, by William
Howard.