By Georges Bizet (1838-1875). Edited by M. Rebrovic. For violin and piano. String music. Score and part. Published by Noten Roehr

Violin and piano

SKU: BO.B.3632

Composed by Jordi Cervello. Published by Editorial de Musica Boileau (BO.B.3632).

Duo-Sonata for violin and piano was written between September and October of 2010. It is made up of three movements, each of which has unique characteristics. The first, Allegro appassionato, is monothematic, although the theme itself is presented in several ways. Following a vigorous start featuring violin cadenza, the movement is developed with a lively feel, alternating lyrical fragments with other energetic ones. Its conclusion is resounding.

Meanwh ile, the second movement, Quasi un lamento, is introspective and fragile. A long melody is sustained by a delicate and transparent piano accompaniment, evoking once again the theme of the first movement and concluding with a Lento of descending piano harmonies while the violin follows, in octaves, with heartfelt glissando.

The third movement, Scherzando-Allegro, is a light-hearted game between the piano and the violin. The main theme is repeated once again, this time with a binary time signature. The violin uses ricochet (the rebounding of notes in a bow stroke), as well as natural and artificial harmonies in quick time. The piano part unfolds completely naturally, excluding any gratuitous artifice.

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.”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.

Violin, piano

SKU: FG.55011-824-9

Solo part & piano reduction. Composed by Mikko Heinio. Classical, contemporary. Solo part & piano reduction. Fennica Gehrman #55011-824-9. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-824-9).

ISBN 9790550118249.

Mikk o Heiniö's Alla madre (2007) abandons the traditional virtuoso concerto concept: here a large orchestra engages in dialogue with a solo violin. The first movement is called Arrivo, “Arrival: the soloist literally arrives later, and by degrees, playing his/her first two solos offstage. Even then the orchestra continues to take the initiative for a long time. Not until the second movement, entitled Aura, “Air or Wind, does the initiative pass to the solo violin as it sets light to notes in the orchestra harmony like individual lamps. And not until the end of the second movement and the beginning of the third does the solo violin play completely on its own. The title of the first movement, “Arrival, underlines the event, the dramaturgy, whereas that of the second movement, “Aura, alludes to the texture and the shimmering space. The third movement is the most strongly emotional, as the name Carezza, “Caress suggests.

This product includes the solo part and the piano reduction (B4 sized).

The orchestral material is available from the publisher. The orchestration: 3(III+picc)3(III+ca)3(III =bcl)3(III=cfg)-4331-13-h p-str.

Sonata No.2: for Violin and Piano. By Ernest Bloch. For Violin, Piano. Classical. Solo part with piano reduction. 32 pages. Published by Carl Fischer.

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.” 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.”.
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.  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 “characters” –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.  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.

Composed by Ed Wennink and Nettie Vening. Two is a team. Book with CD. Composed 2013. 44 pages. De Haske Publications #DHP 1125296- 400. Published by De Haske Publications

Violin and Piano

SKU: IS.VLP7262EM

Composed by Monique Pstrokonsky-Gauché. Strings - Violin. Metropolis Music Publishers #VLP7262EM. Published by Metropolis Music Publishers (IS.VLP7262EM).

ISBN 9790365072620.

Moni que Pstrokonsky-Gauché, issue d'une famille de peintres polonais est née en Auvergne en 1945. Elle a étudié le piano depuis l'âge de 9 ans puis l'harmonie classique de 1963 à 1971 auprès de Julien Falk (compositeur français 1902-1987, professeur au CNSM de Paris). Pianiste accompagnatrice en conservatoire, elle a toujours été passionnée de composition et de pédagogie. Elle est membre de la SACEM depuis 1971. En 2000, elle a publié : Comment commencer l'harmonie (2 volumes) et une Méthode de piano pour débutants, enfants à partir de 8 ans et adultes (2 volumes) édités aux éditions Jobert. Dans ce but, elle a organisé un enseignement très progressif avec une parfaite concordance entre le solfège, les notes apprises et les morceaux qu'elle a spécialement composés pour ses méthodes. En 2010, dans le même esprit, elle propose une méthode de piano ludique spécialement écrite pour les très jeunes enfants à partir de 5-6 ans : Ma toute petite méthode de piano (volume 1) suivie en 2014 d'un 2ème volume, éditée par letoutpetitconservatoire, Editions KP Créations.

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: CF.FE192

Composed by Louise Talma. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 18+8 pages. Carl Fischer Music #FE192. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.FE192).

ISBN 9780825877568. UPC: 798408077563. 9.5 x 13 inches.

The Pytheas Center for Contemporary Music notes: Talma was the first woman to receive two Guggenheims, the first woman elected to the National Institute of Arts and Letters (1974), the first American woman to have a full-scale opera performed in Germany, the first American to teach at Fontainebleau, and the first woman to receive the Sibelius Medal for composition. This is only the highlights of a long life of composing. Talma spent a good amount of time at the MacDowell Colony, where she wrote many of her finest works, including the Violin Sonata. Having studied composition with Nadia Boulanger over 17 summers in her youth, Talma dedicated the Sonata to her former teacher and long-time friend on the occasion of Boulanger's 75th birthday. The single movement reflects Talma's style in 1962, with more than a passing nod to 12-tone construction. For advanced performers. Duration: 16'.

Composed by Nicolo Paganini (1782-1840). Masterworks; Solo; Solo Small Ensembles; String - Violin and Piano. Kalmus Edition. Masterwork; Romantic. Book. 60 pages. Kalmus Classic Edition #00-K02188. Published by Kalmus Classic Edition

Violin, Piano

SKU: FG.042-08244-7

Composed by Paavo Heininen. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.042-08244-7).

ISBN 979-0-042-08244-7.

One of the most joyful of all my compositions is how Heininen sums up his Violin Sonata. The work was written at the turn of the 1970's when Heininen was much engaged in writing chamber music for strings. Heininen cunningly combines opposites - intensity and playfulness, passion and lyricism - in a work not tinged by dry argument.