Chamber Music violin, piano SKU: PR.144407050 Composed by James Primosch....(+)
Chamber Music violin,
piano
SKU:
PR.144407050
Composed
by James Primosch. Set of
Score and Parts. With
Standard notation. 28+12
pages. Duration 20
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #144-40705.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.144407050).
UPC:
680160655519. 9 x 12
inches.
Celebrating
30 years, the
Philadelphia Chamber
Music Society
commissioned a work of
20-25 minutes for violin
and piano from James
Primosch, University of
Pennsylvania professor of
music. Primosch had
originally thought to
create a new sonata, but
what developed is more
appropriately a set of
five character pieces,
two of which were
directly inspired by
poems. Five Poems was
premiered in May, 2016,
and Primosch's thoughts
are recorded at his
website:
https://jamesprimosch.com
/2016/05/10/five-poems-pr
emiere/. Upon
receiving a commission
from the Philadelphia
Chamber MusicSociety for
a violin and piano piece
in honor of its 30th
anniversary, myplan was
to write a sonata, a term
suggesting a relatively
abstractdiscourse. But as
the piece developed, the
movements struck me
ascharacter pieces rather
than music employing a
more
“symphonicâ€ap
proach. When specific
poems started to attach
themselves in my mindwith
two of the movements, the
overall title Five Poems
became clear.The title of
the second movement is a
line from Susan
Stewart’s“De
scentâ€, which deals
with Aeneas’s
visit to the underworld.
The musicis alternately
fiercely driving and
quite still, though
tense.
RobertFrost’s
Nothing Gold Can Stay
summons fleet scale
passages framinglyrical
counterpoint. The
remaining movements do
not refer to
specificpoems, but have
titles reflecting their
expressive tone.
Dreamscape ismusing with
an improvisatory violin
line over shifting pairs
of pianochords. Nightsong
is a bluesy lullaby that
turns highly
dramatic.Vision begins
with a closely argued
struggle but breaks
through tosomething
spacious and clear.
Soprano, clarinet (in A and B), violin and piano SKU: HL.49017964 On p...(+)
Soprano, clarinet (in A
and B), violin and piano
SKU: HL.49017964
On poems by Diana
Kempff. Composed by
Jorg Widmann. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
Ensemble. Score and
parts. Composed 1997. 80
pages. Duration 18'.
Schott Music #ED20414.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49017964).
ISBN
9790001152938.
9.25x12.0x0.325 inches.
German.
Es war
1996, als mir Christoph
Poppen, der damalige
Leiter des Munchener
Kammerorchesters, von
einem kuriosen Konzert in
Munsing (Ammerland)
erzahlte: wahrend eines
seiner Konzerte mit dem
Orchester in der dortigen
Kirche gab es, fur alle
hor- und sichtbar, eines
der grossten Unwetter,
das die Region je gesehen
hatte. Dabei schlug der
Blitz ein in eine Art
Wahrzeichen des Ortes,
eine mehrere Jahrhunderte
alte Linde. Unter den
Zuhorern damals: die dort
lebende Dichterin und
Schriftstellerin Diana
Kempff. Sie war
unmittelbar erschuttert
vom Tod der Linde und
schrieb unter diesem
Eindruck einige Gedichte.
Christoph Poppen wiederum
war - wie in vielen
anderen Zusammenhangen
auch - genialer
Vermittler und stellte
alsbald den Kontakt zu
mir her. Die Idee: am Ort
des Geschehens, in der
Munsinger Kirche, solle
ein Jahr spater die
Urauffuhrung einer Art
Requiem fur diesen Baum,
der so vieles 'gesehen'
hatte, erklingen. Im
Rahmen der Holzhauser
Musiktagen mit den Texten
von Diana Kempff und
meiner (noch zu
schreibenden) Musik.Es
gab bald eine wunderbare,
sehr intensive Begegnung
von Diana Kempff und mir,
bei der sie etwas fur
Schriftsteller nicht
gerade Typisches tat: sie
stellte mir frei, aus den
vorliegenden Gedichten
nach Belieben lediglich
Teile, sogar nur
Zeilenfragmente zu
verwenden und auch die
Reihenfolge nach meinen
Bedurfnissen anzuordnen
und zu gestalten. Sie
begriff sofort (und
wunschte!), dass durch
die Musik ohnehin etwas
Drittes, etwas ganz
Anderes entstehen wurde.
Die Tatsache, dass wir
Monate spater eine
sichtlich bewegte Diana
Kempff auf die Buhne
holen durfte, freute uns
alle besonders. Ihre
Lyrik ist Ausdruck einer
offenkundig zutiefst
gequalten Seele und kommt
uns oft
wunderlich-versponnen
entgegen. Einer
zerbrechlichen Zartheit
steht eine bisweilen fast
brutale Harte
unversohnlich gegenuber.
Das Schubert'sche 'Fremd
bin ich eingezogen' gilt
fur sie in besonderer
Weise und aussert sich in
ihren Versen in einer
Nahe zu allem Fremden
(trotz des gleichzeitigen
manischen Umkreisens des
Eigenen und der eigenen
Erinnerung), Abseitigen
und auch (bei aller
gleichzeitigen Skepsis)
Ubernaturlichen. Dieses
geisterhaft-spukige
Element versuchte ich
durch meine Textauswahl
und mit musikalischen
Mitteln in diesen nun
'Sieben Abgesangen' zu
verdeutlichen. Das erste
Stuck ist eine karge
Studie uber das Verrinnen
der Zeit, das Nichts; das
Zweite beschwort den
Regen (den
heilbringenden) herbei,
der dann spater -
wenngleich mit
entsetzlicher Wirkung -
auch kommt. Den dritten
Abgesang habe ich 'Tanz
der toten Seelen'
betitelt; es ist ein
Zwiefacher, der jedoch
durch seine
duster-halbseidene
'Wiener' Chromatik alles
Liebenswurdig-Oberbayeris
che langst verloren hat.
Das klanglich vielleicht
avancierteste und
dichteste Stuck ist der
vierte Abgesang, der ganz
aus der Perspektive der
Linde selbst erzahlt
wird. Der funfte Abgesang
zu den Worten 'Und wenn
der Tod so kommen mag'
ist im Stile einer
traurigen Volksweise
bewusst schlicht
gehalten. Wahrend der
sechste Satz in seinem
expressionistischen
Gestus nicht ungefahrlich
das Monodram streift, ist
es schliesslich die Seele
(die ausgehauchte, die
weiterexistierende?), die
wortlich den letzten
Abgesang uber die Baume
und die Seelen pragt.
Diana Kempffs Gedichte,
der Enthusiasmus
Christoph Poppens, die
phantastischen
Urauffuhrungs-Interpreten
, allen voran die
Sangerin Juliane Banse,
haben mich zur
Komposition dieser
'Sieben Abgesange auf
eine tote Linde'
angeregt.Die 'Sieben
Abgesange' sind nunmehr
auch eine Erinnerung an
die erst jungst
verstorbene Diana Kempff.
Jorg Widmann,im Juni
2008.
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.
Piano Accompaniment; Violin (Score and Solo Part) - advanced to difficult SKU...(+)
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin (Score and Solo
Part) - advanced to
difficult
SKU:
HL.49019599
Three
Poems for Violin and
Piano. Composed by
Karol Szymanowski. Edited
by Ida Bieler and
Wolfgang Birtel. Arranged
by Ida Bieler. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String. 20Th Century,
Classical. Softcover. Op.
30. 72 pages. Schott
Music #VLB174. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49019599).
ISBN
9790001191043. UPC:
841886019546.
9.0x12.0x0.187 inches.
Eds. Wolfgang Birtel and
Ida Bieler.
Karol
Szymanowski (1882-1932)
is regarded as one of the
most important Polish
composers since Chopin.
He received his formative
musical training in
Warsaw where he lived for
many years and was also
director of the
Conservatoire and Music
Academy. His
compositional oeuvre
comprises a large variety
of styles: Szymanowski
first leaned towards
Chopin and Scriabin, then
studied Richard Strauss
and Igor Stravinsky,
finally finding a style
in which he combined
impressionism and
expressionism. His
'Mythes' for violin and
piano from 1915 fell in a
transitional period,
turning away from late
German Romanticism. They
are expressive miniatures
full of tonal refinement
and impressionist charm
and, thanks to their
accessible virtuosity,
perfect performance
pieces. Contents: I. La
Fontaine d'Arethuse
• II. Narcisse
• III. Dryades et
Pan.
Piano Accompaniment; Violin - advanced SKU: HL.49019598 Violin and Pia...(+)
Piano Accompaniment;
Violin - advanced
SKU:
HL.49019598
Violin
and Piano. Composed
by Eduard Putz. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
Composed 1980. 64 pages.
Duration 18'. Schott
Music #VLB155. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49019598).
ISBN
9790001177092. UPC:
841886021563.
In
his 'Poèmes', the
composer Eduard Pütz
(19011-2000) from Cologne
bases his compositions on
texts by Shakespeare,
Petrarca, Mayakovsky,
Heine and Verlaine. Great
evocative music based on
impressive poetic texts
which never fail to have
an effect on the
audience. All texts are
printed in the
edition.
Violin, piano SKU: BR.EB-9413 Composed by Nicola Campogrande. Solo instru...(+)
Violin, piano
SKU:
BR.EB-9413
Composed
by Nicola Campogrande.
Solo instruments;
stapled. Edition
Breitkopf. New music
(post-2000). Score.
Composed 2020. 28 pages.
Duration 9'. Breitkopf
and Haertel #EB 9413.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-9413).
ISBN 9790004188873. 9
x 12 inches.
For a
long time after
Romanticism had come to
the fore, it was
generally agreed that
Brahms somehow did not
get it: History and
Progress - it was thought
- were proceeding along
one clear path and Brahms
- who was composing
sonatas and symphonies
instead of nocturnes and
symphonic poems - had
taken the wrong way.
Almost one century later,
Schonberg wrote an essay,
Brahms, der
Fortschrittliche (Brahms,
the progressive), in
which he explained that
it wasn't like that at
all.Fully assuming the
risk to appear somehow
irreverent, I have to
confess: Over the years,
I came to the conclusion
that the present - and
the future - can be
created only by loving
the past. As Brahms had
shown us, it is only by
accepting the challenge
of taking our heritage
into our own hands, that
we can create something
new. We cannot avoid
engaging with the past.
Therefore, starting with
my Sinfonia n. 1, I began
to flirt with such a
strong and effective
musical structure like
the sonata form. I
re-read and freely
transformed it, because
it is a sturdy and
resilient structure, but
also a theatrical and
colorful one. For me, it
is a happy structure. And
I think that today more
than ever we need
something like this: We
need to find places -
even imaginary ones -
where we can give
happiness a form of its
own.Nicola Campogrande,
December
2020
World
premiere: Bologna/Italy,
Streaming, April 11,
2021Commissioned by the
Fondazione Musica
Insieme.