Violin, Piano

SKU: BA.BA11086

Composed by Thomas Daniel Schlee. Stapled. Urauffuhrung 24.10.2017, Wien. Performance score, Part (1). Opus 82. 20/9 pages. Baerenreiter Verlag #BA11086_00. Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA11086).

ISBN 9790006564446. 32.5 x 25.5 cm inches.

A suite whose movements always deliver something other than what they seem to promise. But throughout, the two instruments and respectively their players act like two people in very specific situations:

I.: The opening movement is reserved for the piano; the initially earnest, solitary cantilena intensifies creating expectation. Suddenly
II.: the violin sounds. Its moving figures replace the now silent piano, also soloistically.
III. „Passacaglia“ : The title is taken literally – the two instruments/persons encounter each other in the street. Two musical characters who meet at a specific point, recognize each other, but move on again, each one by itself.
IV. „Rondo“: The two of them dance together. Before me, I saw people dancing the Sardana – a round dance – in front of the cathedral of Barcelona. Four themes in different time signatures circle ceaselessly between the two instruments.
V. „Fuga“: At last, regardless, panic flight – again the title is taken literally ... Human, only too human …

Chamber Music Clarinet, Horn, Narrator, Percussion, Piano, Violin

SKU: PR.11140253S

For Narrator, Bb Clarinet, Horn, Violin, Percussion, And Piano. Composed by Daniel Dorff. Sws. Contemporary. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed 2015. 20 pages. Duration 7:30. Theodore Presser Company #111-40253S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11140253S).

UPC: 680160631377. 9.5x13 inches. Based on a traditional African folk tale.

As a standalone performance piece, Dorff's A Treeful of Monkeys is a delightful telling of an African folk tale, complete with narration. The instrumental ensemble describes a hat seller, a good number of hats, and a good number of monkeys up in the trees with those hats. Commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association, however, A Treeful of Monkeys is also an opportunity to introduce musical elements to young students, with Dorff's suggested educational objectives and performance tips suitable for classroom use.