Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Score and Solo Part) SKU: HL.48024685 Red...(+)
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin (Score and Solo
Part)
SKU:
HL.48024685
Reduction for Violin
and Piano. Composed
by Magnus Lindberg.
Boosey & Hawkes Chamber
Music. Classical.
Softcover. 76 pages.
Duration 1500 seconds.
Boosey & Hawkes
#M060136313. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024685).
ISBN
9781784545406. UPC:
888680952594.
9.0x12.0x0.323
inches.
Dating from
2015, this work was a
commission from the
London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Stiftung
Berliner Philharmoniker,
Swedish Radio Symphony
Orchestra, Radio France
and New York
Philharmonic. Its
dedicatee is Frank Peter
Zimmermann, whose
performance suggestions
have been incorporated
into the score. Cast in a
single 25-minute span,
the concerto falls into
three movements, plus
cadenza. London's
Financial Times
commented,...there is no
lack of technical
discipline. The
atmosphere, though, is
brooding...a panoramic
vista opens up of dark
clouds over forests and
lakes, of repressed
passions and baleful
desires..
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:
Composed by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Arranged by Otto Taubmann. Edition Breitk...(+)
Composed by Jean Sibelius
(1865-1957). Arranged by
Otto Taubmann. Edition
Breitkopf. Early 20th
Century. Solo part,
piano reduction.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#EB-3122. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-3122).
Composed by Jean Sibelius (1865-1957). Arranged by Otto Taubmann. Edition Breitk...(+)
Composed by Jean Sibelius
(1865-1957). Arranged by
Otto Taubmann. Edition
Breitkopf. Early 20th
Century. Solo part,
piano reduction.
Breitkopf and Haertel
#EB-3122. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-3122).
Violin, piano SKU: BR.EB-9250 Composed by Nicolaus A. Huber. Solo instrum...(+)
Violin, piano
SKU:
BR.EB-9250
Composed
by Nicolaus A. Huber.
Solo instruments;
stapled. Edition
Breitkopf.
World
premiere: Toronto,
November 17, 2016Written
for the Duo Wapiti
(Genevieve Liboiron,
Daniel Anez)
New
music (post-2000); Music
post-1945. Performance
score. Composed 2016. 12
pages. Duration 12'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
9250. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-9250).
ISBN
9790004185506. 10 x 12.5
inches.
Whereas
Nono considered the world
to be only fragmentarily
analyzable, so-called
consumer capitalism
increasingly intrudes
upon ego structures, by
fragmenting them to the
point of: assumed
insufficiency, i.e., was
consumption a form of
infiltration?, or: in
television you can see
models licking face cream
because it's so rich etc.
(retranslated), as
Meredith Haaf cited in
her book review (SZ /
23.05.2016 Alexandra
Kleeman: You Too Can Have
A Body Like Mine) , and
to the point of similar
perfection-senselessness.
Music doesn't do things
by halves. Even when
events or notes are
puffed up, they can
retain elegance and
significance. Other ego
amplitudes are of
violinistic nature or are
favourite memories -
Paganini's Capricci,
Stockhausen's Studie I,
Steve Reich, the tone C
and similar things. The
craziest egos are
quantums, because at no
time are they identical
with themselves. They can
entangle and superpose,
are nonlocal, etc.
Although the sound
character in this Duo is
fairly open, I believe I
succeeded in making
probability waves of
harmonic stopovers
perceptible. This means
hearing without analyzing
and without constantly
measuring. Nonlocality -
without messenger
particles - means no
harmonic steps, but with
the capacity to interact.
(Nicolaus A. Huber, May
2016)
World
premiere: Toronto,
November 17, 2016 Written
for the Duo Wapiti
(Genevieve Liboiron,
Daniel Anez).
(Very First Pieces with Piano Accompaniment). Arranged by Paul de Keyser. For Vi...(+)
(Very First Pieces with
Piano Accompaniment).
Arranged by Paul de
Keyser. For Violin. Book;
Method/Instruction;
String - Violin Studies
or Collection. Faber
Edition. Beginner;
Elementary. Published by
Faber Music
Violin and piano (reduction) SKU: BO.B.3414 Composed by Jordi Cervello. I...(+)
Violin and piano
(reduction)
SKU:
BO.B.3414
Composed by
Jordi Cervello.
Instrumental Sets.
Duration 12:00. Published
by Editorial de Musica
Boileau (BO.B.3414).
English
comments: Concertino
for violin and string
orchestra was composed in
1993. It is a pleasant
score with a slightly
virtuosic touch written
with the idea of creating
a relaxed atmosphere in
which the soloist and the
orchestra can display
their technique and
expressive capabilities.
It is a work, similar in
lenght to baroque
concertos, and is divided
into three movements,
folowing the conventional
form.: two fast movements
around a slow one. Te
first two movements
-Allegro burlesco and
Adagio cantabile- follow
the ABA pattern. The
third starts with a
-cadenza- by the soloist
which includes thematic
material from the
previous slow movement
linking straight up to
the -Presto- which uses
as its main idea a more
forceful version of the
opening melodic sketch of
the -Allegro burlesco-
converted into three
time. The work was
specially creatied for
the violinist Gerard
Claret and the Orquestra
de Cambra Nacional
d'Andorra. Recordings:
Hermitage
Orchestra-Camerata St.
Petersburg, violin:
Sergey Malov, conductor:
Alexis Soriano. Ensayo
(ENY-2003). Jordi
Cervello
Comenta
rios del
Espanol: Concertino
para violin y orquesta de
cuerda es una obra
compuesta en 1993. Se
trata de una partitura
amable y de cierto toque
virtuosistico cuya
principal preocupacion ha
sido crear una atmosfera
distendida en la que el
solista y la orquesta
puedan desplegar con
espontaneidad sus
capacidades tecnicas y
expresivas. Es una obra
de duracion similar a la
de los conciertos del
barroco y dividida en sus
tres tipicos movimientos.
Dos rapidos enmarcando
uno lento. Los dos
primeros -Allegro
burlesco y Adagio
cantabile- se desarrollan
bajo el esquema ABA. El
tercero inicia con una
-cadenza- del solista que
recoge material tematico
del movimiento lento
precedente para enlazar
sin interrupcion con el
-Presto- que utiliza como
idea principal el dibujo
melodico que abre el
-Allegro burlesco-, pero
mas decidido y a compas
ternario. La obra fue
compuesta expresamente
para el violinista Gerard
Claret y la Orquestra
Nacional de Cambra
d'Andorra. Grabaciones:
Hermitage
Orchestra-Camerata St.
Petersburg, violin
solista: Sergey Malov,
direccion: Alexis
Soriano. Ensayo
(ENY-2003) Jordi
Cervello.
Violin-solo, piano (Violin solo, Piano) SKU: BA.BA09099-92 First Versi...(+)
Violin-solo, piano
(Violin solo, Piano)
SKU: BA.BA09099-92
First Version
1844. Composed by
Felix Bartholdy
Mendelssohn. Edited by R.
Larry Todd. This edition:
urtext edition. Stapled.
Barenreiter Urtext. Early
version 1844. Piano
reduction, Part. Opus 64.
Duration 12 hours.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA09099_92. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA09099-92).
ISBN
9790006565733. 31 x 24.3
cm inches. Key: E minor.
Preface: Larry R.
Todd.
Mendelssohn's
Violin Concerto op. 64,
is a key work of the 19th
century, adhering to the
classical style of
Beethoven while pointing
the way to the romantic
ethos of Brahms. It has
long been known that
Mendelssohn performed the
work with three soloists
in succession: Ferdinand
David, who worked closely
with the composer during
its composition and
played it at the
premiere; the 'child
prodigy' Joseph Joachim;
and Hubert Leonard, a
young Belgian virtuoso
about whom little is
known.
As proof
sheets for the Violin
Concerto in E minor were
long considered lost, it
could be described as
somewhat of a sensation
when proofs for the solo
violin part resurfaced
together with a letter
from Mendelssohn to
Leonard.
The
letter informs us that
the composer invited
Leonard to his home in
Frankfurt in order to
make his acquaintance. It
was already known that
Mendelssohn had given
proof sheets to David;
now we know that he also
gave some to
Leonard.
The
recently discovered
proofs reveal how Leonard
played the concerto with
Mendelssohn on that
memorable evening in
February 1845. Besides
containing bowing marks
and fingering, they also
show how Leonard executed
shifts of position and
where he employed open
strings. Furthermore
modifications made to
dynamic markings and
additional legato bowing
are shown.
It is
safe to assume that all
of this was done with
Mendelssohn's approval.
That the young violinist
made a positive
impression on the
composer is confirmed in
the latter's
correspondence following
their joint performance.
Mendelssohn is full of
praise for Leonard's
playing and offers to
lend his support in
finding employment in
Germany.
This
revised edition of the
Mendelssohn Violin
Concerto (only the
orchestral parts remain
unchanged) includes a
separate booklet on
performance practice.
The editor, Clive
Brown, is an acknowledged
expert on Romantic
performance
practice.
- New
source situation owing to
recently rediscovered
proofs - Revised
Urtext edition - With
a separate booklet on
performance practice
(Eng/Ger).
About
Barenreiter Urtext
Orchestral
Parts
Why musicians
love to play from
B�¤renreiter Urtext
Orchestral
Parts
- Urtext
editions as close as
possible to the
composer�s
intentions - With
alternate versions in
full score and parts
- Orchestral parts in an
enlarged format of 25.5cm
x 32.5cm - With
cues, rehearsal letters,
and page turns where
players need them -
Clearly presented divisi
passages so that players
know exactly what they
have to play -
High-quality paper with a
slight yellow tinge which
does not glare under
lights and is thick
enough that reverse pages
do not shine
through
Violin and Piano - Grade 1.5 SKU: AP.36-52710595 Composed by Lynne Latham...(+)
Violin and Piano - Grade
1.5
SKU:
AP.36-52710595
Composed by Lynne Latham.
Arranged by Thom Sharp.
This edition: Latham
Music. String - Violin
and Piano. LudwigMasters
- Latham Music. Book.
Latham Music Enterprises
#36-52710595. Published
by Latham Music
Enterprises
(AP.36-52710595).
ISBN
9781633610002. UPC:
679360611197.
English.
Volume 1
begins with open strings
and basic notation,
rhythms, and bowing
skills. New notes,
notation, and bowing
skills are added in
logical progression,
reinforcing both right-
and left-hand technique
and developing the
cognition for string
performance. This book
introduces students to:
the basic major and minor
tetrachords on all four
strings; essential
rhythmic notation from
whole notes through
eighth-note patterns;
left-hand techniques such
as easily played double
stops, left-hand
pizzicato,
differentiating whole and
half steps; and a variety
of bow techniques. Audio
available online.
These products
are currently being
prepared by a new
publisher. While many
items are ready and will
ship on time, some others
may see delays of several
months.
Violin, piano SKU: FG.55011-615-3 Composed by Kalevi Aho. Solo part & pia...(+)
Violin, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-615-3
Composed by Kalevi Aho.
Solo part & piano
reduction. Fennica
Gehrman #55011-615-3.
Published by Fennica
Gehrman (FG.55011-615-3).
ISBN
9790550116153.
Kale
vi Aho (b. 1949) composed
Violin concerto No. 2 in
late summer and early
autumn 2015 for the
Finnish violinist Elina
Vahala. Lasting about 32
minutes, the second
concerto is a large-scale
virtuoso work dominated
by the soloist. The
strong-featured first
movement (Allegro) begins
with a fairly short
orchestral introduction
that is followed by the
soloist's first vigorous
statement. Around the
middle of the movement is
a cadenza, and the
movement ends with a
quick stretta. The
soloist dominates the
events in the slow second
movement (Adagio) even
more than it did in the
first. The Adagio begins
with the same opening
motif for the soloist as
the first movement, but
this time the motif is
more lyrical and singing.
Having built up to a
dramatic climax, it
subsides on flageolet
notes and finally sounds
that are somewhere
between musical notes and
noise. The third movement
(Vivace, leggiero) is by
nature dance-like again
and lighter than the
previous ones. At the
end, the tempo
accelerates to a wild,
virtuosic prestissimo.
Piano reduction (2020) by
Kari Vehmanen.
Violin and Piano (Violin) SKU: HL.14004213 Composed by Lennox Berkeley. M...(+)
Violin and Piano (Violin)
SKU: HL.14004213
Composed by Lennox
Berkeley. Music Sales
America. Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2002. 56 pages. Chester
Music #CH55778. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14004213).
9.0x12.0x0.175
inches.
Five Pieces
for Violin and Orchestra
was commissioned by
Frederick Grinke and
completed on 20 December
1961. The BBC Symphony
Orchestra with Frederick
Grinke (violin) and
conducted by the
composer, gave the first
performance on 31 July
1962 at the Royal Albert
Hall, London during the
BBC Proms season. This
work is so constructed
that each piece is
complete in itself and
can be played separately,
while at the same time
the whole set of five
constitutes a structural
unit. A basic motif
consisting of a rising
semitone followed by a
falling tone, and its
inversion plays an
important part in every
piece. Thus the first
piece, which is of a slow
and meditative character,
begins with this theme in
the bass. It is also
heard in the first entry
of the solo part, and
thereafter every episode
is in some way derived
from it. The next piece,
a vigorous and strongly
marked 'allegro', uses
the semitone of the
original figure as its
starting point. A second
theme appears, first on
the horns and is later
taken up by the solo
violin, while a third
section has the initial
idea as its
accompaniment. Next comes
an extended scherzo in
free form very closely
based on initial motif.
The fourth is a purely
melodic piece containing
allusions in its middle
section to the basic
figure. Here the strings
only are used for
accompaniment. In the
first section, violas and
cellos are divided in the
middle section, and all
the strings are used in
the last, which is
otherwise an almost exact
repetition of the
opening. The Finale is a
lighter movement than the
others, concerned mainly
with giving the soloist
material for display, but
not unconnected with what
has gone before.
Violin & Orchestra Reduction (Piano). Composed by Claude Debussy (1862-1...(+)
Violin & Orchestra
Reduction
(Piano). Composed by
Claude
Debussy (1862-1918) and
Robert Orledge. Arranged
by
Robert Orledge. String.
Softcover. 34 pages.
Schott
Music #VLB214. Published
by
Schott Music
Violin & piano (Solo) - Difficult SKU: OU.9780193555280 Composed by Micha...(+)
Violin & piano (Solo) -
Difficult
SKU:
OU.9780193555280
Composed by Michael
Berkeley. Violin & Piano.
16 pages. Duration 10'.
Oxford University Press
#9780193555280. Published
by Oxford University
Press (OU.9780193555280).
ISBN 9780193555280. 12
x 8 inches.
For
violin and piano This is
a reworking of material
from Berkeley's 1979
Violin Sonata, and is an
evocative and atmospheric
single movement.
Veilleuse means 'Night
Watch' or 'Night
Lantern', and the music
has a slightly
melancholy, restless
atmosphere, which
momentarily erupts in a
passionate outburst
before settling back to
the quietly ticking,
veiled lines of the
opening.
Nighttime Violon et Piano [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Cello, Clarinet, Flute, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.14440515S Com...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Clarinet, Flute, Piano,
Violin
SKU:
PR.14440515S
Composed
by Robert Martin. Full
score. With Standard
notation. 48 pages.
Theodore Presser Company
#144-40515S. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.14440515S).
UPC:
680160667819. 9 x 12
inches.
In 1979,
Martin produced a set of
three quintets, in
consideration of Gorky's
piece Nighttime Enigma
Nostalgia. Each is scored
for flute, clarinet,
violin, cello, and piano.
One role of music is to
evoke. Therefore,
Nighttime is a nocturne,
a night piece suggestive
of flickering shadows,
perhaps created by
firelight. It is a
recurrent setting in
human existence. The
music opens with the
scene of twilight calm,
gently disturbed with the
slight uncertainty about
what is around us, what
we cannot see. Later, the
clarinet takes on a solo
role, and the notes bleed
like careless paint into
the other instruments
that quietly sustain
them. Next, the flute
takes over the role of
solo. The piece ends with
a repeated cadence of
morning light. (From the
performance notes.).
Enigma Violon et Piano [Conducteur] Theodore Presser Co.
Chamber Music Cello, Clarinet, Flute, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.14440516S Com...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Clarinet, Flute, Piano,
Violin
SKU:
PR.14440516S
Composed
by Robert Martin. Full
score. With Standard
notation. 44 pages.
Duration 9 minutes, 15
seconds. Theodore Presser
Company #144-40516S.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.14440516S).
UPC:
680160667864. 9 x 12
inches.
In 1979,
Martin produced a set of
three quintets, in
consideration of Gorky's
piece Nighttime Enigma
Nostalgia. Each is scored
for flute, clarinet,
violin, cello, and piano.
As the title suggests,
the music is in a state
of perpetual questioning
using a variety of
approaches. For example,
Enigma opens using
ostinati (plural of
ostinato) that do not
match in length, like a
staircase with each step
a different height.
Additionally, the music
has sudden starts and
stops, again unexplained.
There are dramatic and
powerful explosive
passages that are
interrupted. The
technique, used to create
this feeling of a
perplexed music world
where things seem often
not to make sense and to
be left unresolved, is
called in poetry and
literature, anticlimax.
In Enigma, the music
suggests one direction;
then refuses to continue,
striking out in another
direction. Artists use
approaches such as this
to force themselves into
creative circumstances
that they otherwise might
not have discovered.
(From the performance
notes.).
For Violin and Piano Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Violin/Piano) SKU: HL.97847...(+)
For Violin and Piano
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin (Violin/Piano)
SKU: HL.978474
Arranged by Endre Granat.
LKM Music. Classical,
General Worship, Sacred.
Softcover. Lauren Keiser
Music Publishing
#S511046. Published by
Lauren Keiser Music
Publishing (HL.978474).
ISBN 9781638871361.
UPC: 196288090922.
9.0x12.0x0.102
inches.
This one of
a kind album pairs two of
the most performed Ave
Maria's for violin and
piano, meticulously
edited by Jascha Heifetz'
protege, Endre Granat.
The first of these is
Schubert's melody, which
was originally composed
as a setting of a song
from Walter Scott's
popular narrative poem
The Lady of the Lake,
titled, “Ellen's Third
Song” (Ellens dritter
Gesang). The opening
words and refrain of
Ellen's song, namely
“Ave Maria” (Latin
for “Hail Mary”), may
have led to the idea of
adapting Schubert's
melody as a setting for
the full text of the
traditional Roman
Catholic prayer. The
Latin version of the song
is now so frequently used
with Schubert's melody
that it has led to the
misconception that he
originally wrote the
melody as a setting for
the “Ave Maria.” The
second Ave Maria in this
collection was created
when Gounod famously
improvised the melody
over the background of
J.S. Bach's Prelude No. 1
in C major, BWV 846, from
The Well-Tempered
Clavier. Gounod's
beatiful improvisation
was transcribed by his
future father-in-law
Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume
Zimmermann, which was
published with the Bach
keyboard accompaniment in
1835 under the title
“Méditation sur le
Premier Prélude de Piano
de S. Bach.” Alongside
Schubert's version, the
Bach/Gounod Ave Maria has
become a fixture at
funerals, wedding masses,
and quinceañeras. Both
works have been recorded
hundreds of times during
the twentieth
century.
Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Violin/Piano) SKU: HL.48025296 Violin and...(+)
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin (Violin/Piano)
SKU: HL.48025296
Violin and Piano.
Composed by Elena
Kats-Chernin. Boosey &
Hawkes Chamber Music.
Classical. Softcover.
Duration 1800 seconds.
Bote & Bock #M202533635.
Published by Bote & Bock
(HL.48025296).
UPC:
196288174325.
â€
œBeing Russian born I
have a strong connection
to the ballet scores of
Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev
and Stravinsky, and as a
result in theWild Swans,
more than in any other
work of mine, I allowed
myself the freedom to
roam through 200 years of
musical genres, ranging
from Hungarian Operetta
through folk music and
even including the
influences of jazz and
popular music,â€
says Elena Kats-Chernin.
The full-length work,
which premiered in Sydney
in 2003, was written for
choreographer Meryl
Tankard after the two
artists had already
worked together for the
opening ceremony of the
2000 Olympic Games, and
became one of the
composer's greatest
successes. Many excerpts
in various arrangements
have a concert life of
their own today -
including the
world-renowned Eliza
Aria. Arranged by the
composer in 2004 for
violin and piano after
the original orchestral
version, the half-hour
suite comprises ten
characteristic movements:
Green Leaf Prelude, Eliza
Aria, Brothers, Wicked
Witch (piano solo), Magic
Spell Tango, Glow Worms,
Darkness of the Forest,
Eliza and the Prince,
Mute Princess,
Transformation.
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.
Chamber Music Cello, Piano, Violin SKU: PR.114423360 Composed by Stacy Ga...(+)
Chamber Music Cello,
Piano, Violin
SKU:
PR.114423360
Composed
by Stacy Garrop. Set of
Score and Parts. 24+12+12
pages. Duration 8:30.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-42336. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114423360).
UPC:
680160686285.
When
the Newport Music
Festival commissioned me
for a piano trio in honor
of their 2021 season, I
looked for a topic that
would celebrate an aspect
of the Newport community.
While researching the
area, I was struck by the
nine lighthouses situated
around the island. The
dual nature of
lighthouses was
particularly appealing to
me: not only do they
serve a vital role in the
navigation of ships
around rocks and land,
but they are also a
beautiful sight,
particularly at night
when their blinking
beacons are clearly
visible to the eye. It
occurred to me that
lighthouses link the past
with the present, and
will endure long into the
future, with their
beacons serving the same
purpose for every
generation.I became
fascinated with the
lighthouse on the
property of Castle Hill
Inn, located at the
opening of the East
Passage of the
Narragansett Bay. This
squat thirty-four foot
granite structure was
erected in 1890 on a very
picturesque spot, right
at the water’s
edge. Its
“characteristic,â
the nautical term
for each
lighthouse’s
unique light sequence
that allows ships to
identify the lighthouse,
is to alternate on for
three seconds, then off
for three seconds. The
lighthouse has also
served as the starting
and finish line for
numerous high profile
yacht races, as well as
survived a massive
hurricane in 1938, though
the lighthouse
keeper’s nearby
residence wasn’t
so lucky. American
novelist Thornton Wilder
wrote much of his 1973
novel Theophilus North
while staying at the
Castle Hill Inn; a
passage from the book
perfectly captures the
dual nature of
lighthouses:“At a
later visit I was able to
engage the pentagonal
room in a turret above
the house; from that
magical room I could see
at night the beacons of
six lighthouses and hear
the booming and chiming
of as many sea
buoys.â€In Beacon of
the Bay, we first hear
the lighthouse’s
characteristic as its
ruby light blinks on and
off. This is followed by
a simple theme that
represents the lighthouse
performing its solitary
duty. As the piece
progresses, we hear waves
playfully lapping around
its base, then yachts
gracefully floating by;
this is followed by a
violent storm that churns
the waves with so much
force that they crash
against the
lighthouse’s
granite body. But the
steadfast lighthouse
holds firm to the rocks,
grandly blinking its ruby
light. The music quiets
back down to its simple
theme, with yachts
sailing by once more as
the piece concludes.
Chamber Music Clarinet, Piano, Violin SKU: CF.MXE71 Composed by Martin Br...(+)
Chamber Music Clarinet,
Piano, Violin
SKU:
CF.MXE71
Composed by
Martin Bresnick. SWS.
Contemporary. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation. 23+6+5
pages. Carl Fischer Music
#MXE71. Published by Carl
Fischer Music (CF.MXE71).
ISBN 9781491144749.
UPC: 680160902248. 9 x 12
inches.
The day
that Australian and New
Zealand forces joined the
Allies for an invasion of
the Gallipoli Peninsula
of Turkey in World War I,
with disastrous
consequences, is
celebrated in Australia
as Anzac Day (Australian
and New Zealand Army
Corps). To honor this
special day, Bresnick
takes inspiration from
two selected poems by
Bertolt Brecht (And I
Always Thought and Legend
of the Unknown Soldier
Beneath the Triumphal
Arch). Commissioned to
commemorate
Australia’s Anzac
Day, similar to Memorial
Day, and inspired by two
Brecht poems…The
somber opening violin and
clarinet lines unfolded
to haunting effect before
eventually reaching a
fervent climax. --Vivien
Schweitzer, The New York
Times.