Trans
figured Life - Still
Life, Op. 165 (violin and
piano) - David
Braid
I am keen on
concise musical forms
such as Prelude and
Fugue, where there is one
clear straightforward
idea, followed by another
that is more involved and
developed.
In
keeping with that idea,
this work consists of two
distinct pieces, the
first - Transfigured Life
- aims to draw in the
listener with its quick,
dancing rhythm and
simple, melodic violin
part. It 'transfigures'
via a few short solo
piano interludes into
just two alternating
notes to end - which are
the core of the original
idea, now made clear by
clearing everything else
out of the
way.
The second
piece - Still Life -
retains its sense of
stillness through an
uncomplicated piano line
that gives lots of space
for the violin's
contrasting (but again
simple) part. As an
absolute, not
programmatic, piece the
title refers to the
atmospheric colour and
pacing only; it's up to
the listener to see
'Still life' of their
choosing in their own
mind.
A note on
performance: Despite
my reference to 'simple'
lines, and the work's
determined avoidance of
mainstream modernist
squeak - the work has
certain performance
challenges of phrasing
and ensemble that
requires considerable
skill and musicianship.
The work has had the
privilege of being
recently recorded by
violinist Ezgi
Sarıkcıoğlu and
pianist Rossitza
Stoycheva, and is
available on all major
platforms:
Figured Bass Realization by S. Petrenz. By French Violin Music Of The Baroque Er...(+)
Figured Bass Realization
by S. Petrenz. By French
Violin Music Of The
Baroque Era. Edited by G.
Meyn-Beckmann. Violin.
Pages: Score = IX and 63
* Vl Part = 28 * BC Part
= 24. Urtext
edition-paper bound.
Published by G. Henle.
Chamber Music violin, piano SKU: CF.BF148 Composed by George Frideric Han...(+)
Chamber Music violin,
piano
SKU:
CF.BF148
Composed by
George Frideric Handel.
Arranged by Carl Flesch.
Collection - Score and
Parts. 32+12 pages. Carl
Fischer Music #BF148.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.BF148).
Chamber Music Cello, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.414411630 Composed by Shulamit...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Piano, Violin
SKU:
PR.414411630
Composed
by Shulamit Ran. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation.
28+28+20+24+20+24 pages.
Duration 20 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#414-41163. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.414411630).
ISBN
9781491114551. UPC:
680160089956. 9.5 x 13
inches.
EXCURSIONS
is a one-movement work
exploring two
“characters.â€
A rhapsodic, descending
passage is introduced by
the cello, followed by
a static,
chorale-like phrase for
the violin and cello.
Their individual
developments are
separated by a slow,
contrasting middle
section. The composer has
written: “This is
analogous to situations
in life: we stand by a
crossroad, choosing one
option and forfeiting the
other. But in art, the
realm of the imagination,
we can perhaps afford to
pursue more than one
route to its ultimate
destination… or can
we? It is symbolic that
in this work both roads
eventually lead to the
same
place.â€. Excursi
ons for violin, cello and
piano, is a one-movement
work of tripartite
structure in which
materials explored in the
first of three large
sections are brought back
in the last section.Â
The traditional
statement-contrast-restat
ement form, which is
readily suggested by such
a description, is,
however, not at all in
the mold in which the
work is cast. Rather,
my aim was to subject the
essential materials of
the piece (two
“charactersâ€
–the rhapsodic,
descending passage played
by the cello in the very
opening and, later, a
static, slow moving,
chorale-like phrase for
the violin and cello) to
two entirely different
developments separated by
a slow, contrasting
middle section. This
is analogous to an
exploration of the
ramifications that two
divergent choices made by
the same person might
lead to. In life, as
we stand by a crossroad,
choosing one option
usually means having to
forfeit the other.Â
But in art, the realm of
the imagination, we can
perhaps afford to pursue
more than one route to
its ultimate
destination…or can
we? It is, I believe,
symbolic that in this
work both roads
eventually lead to the
same place: in composing
Excursions, it seemed
absolutely inescapable
that at the end the slow,
contrasting middle
sections – both
more resigned and
peaceful than the
battling spirits of the
outer parts –
should return briefly to
end the work. The
piano trio combination
(once highly favored, but
to this composer still as
challenging today) is
approached here as a
collaborative effort of
three equal soloists
– partners. Of
the available pairings,
the two strings find
themselves occasionally
approached as a team
pitted against the
piano. The
cello-piano combination
is also not uncommon
here, and there is an
extended violin cadenza
toward the end of the
piece. The writing
for the three instruments
is closely and at times
interlinked, but the
players are all
instructed to play from
scores. Excursions was
first performed at
Brandeis University in
1982.
Violin, Piano - Level 3 SKU: BA.BA09428 Composed by Maurice Ravel. Edited...(+)
Violin, Piano - Level 3
SKU: BA.BA09428
Composed by Maurice
Ravel. Edited by Douglas
Woodfull-Harris. This
edition: urtext edition.
Stapled. Barenreiter
Urtext. Performance
score, Part. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA09428.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA09428).
ISBN 9790006541362. 31
x 24.3 cm
inches.
Ravel
worked on his Sonata for
Violin and Piano for four
years (1923â1927)
which was longer than he
took for any other
composition. According to
the composer, the reason
for his difficulties was
the âfundamental
incompatibilityâ of
these two instruments.
However, the interplay
between two quite
different partners is
precisely what makes this
sonata so charming. The
violin and piano are
independent, sometimes
playing alongside each
other and at other times
with each other: here in
a lyrical Allegretto,
there in a jazz-inspired
second movement, finally
in a âperpetuum
mobileâ
finale.
This new
edition edited by Douglas
Woodfull-Harris corrects
numerous inconsistencies
of earlier editions. It
also includes the
âBerceuse sur le nom
de Faurâ which is
available for the first
time in a
scholarly-critical Urtext
edition. This lullaby for
violin and piano consists
of variations on a theme
derived from the letters
of Faurâs
name.
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Arranged by Denise Gendron. Performance part for piano accompaniment. With chord...(+)
Arranged by Denise
Gendron. Performance part
for piano accompaniment.
With chord names.
Accompaniment for
[SP.TS358]. 47 pages.
Published by Santorella
Publications.
Piano Accompaniment; Violin (violin/piano) SKU: HL.51481275 Violin and...(+)
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Violin (violin/piano)
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Violin and Piano.
Composed by Peter Ilyich
Tchaikovsky. Edited by
Alexander Komarov. Henle
Music Folios. Classical.
Softcover. 50 pages. G.
Henle #HN1275. Published
by G. Henle
(HL.51481275).
UPC:
888680991661.
9.25x12.25x0.157
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“Memo
ry of a dear placeâ€
is the title given to
this collection of three
enchanting pieces for
violin and piano. The
“place†in
question was the country
estate of Brailov that
belonged to Tchaikovsky's
patron and friend
Nadezhda von Meck. He
stayed there in idyllic
seclusion in May 1878 and
completed this work.
These pieces were
composed very close in
time to his Violin
Concerto, and they too
demonstrate Tchaikovsky's
matchless gifts as a
Romantic master of
melody. For this edition,
the Russian Tchaikovsky
specialist Alexander
Komarov offers the
highest degree of
editorial precision,
having drawn on all the
relevant sources from
both Russian and
international archives.
In the course of his work
he has also been able to
disprove beyond a doubt
the view held up to now
that the title Souvenir
d'un lieu cher was only
added after Tchaikovsky's
death.
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Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Violin/Piano) SKU: HL.48025319 Violin and...(+)
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin (Violin/Piano)
SKU: HL.48025319
Violin and Piano.
Composed by Elena
Kats-Chernin. Boosey &
Hawkes Chamber Music.
Classical. Softcover.
Duration 420 seconds.
Bote & Bock #M202536292.
Published by Bote & Bock
(HL.48025319).
UPC:
196288175384.
Note
by the
composer:“This
piece was written in 2006
(for violoncello and
piano) for an exhibition
dedicated to artists
suffering from
schizophrenia. Thebasis
of the piece is a
sequence of four chords,
very simple and
minimalistic. A person
with schizophrenia hears
voices that can be very
disturbing; there is a
longing for silence. I
wrote this piece so that
my son Alex, who suffers
from the illness, could
hear silence and
meditation from it. It's
called Blue Silence
because blue is sometimes
associated with
healing.†Elena
Kats-Chernin.