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 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.
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:
Violin and Piano SKU: HL.14030977 Composed by Bent Sorensen. Music Sales ...(+)
Violin and Piano
SKU:
HL.14030977
Composed
by Bent Sorensen. Music
Sales America. Classical.
Book [Softcover]. Music
Sales #KP00906. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14030977).
ISBN
9788759862148.
Work
for Violin and Piano
dating from 1999. The
composer writes: 'Sieben
Sehnsuchte was written in
1999 for David Alberman
and Rolf Hind. As the
title suggests, it is in
seven movements - each
more insanely difficult
and bothersome than the
other. All sorts of
possible and impossible
playing techniques have
been used, and the
performers have to both
whistle and sing.
However, it is not the
intention that the
slightly more unusual
sound should be heard as
effects. Everything is
supposed to fuse together
into something that is in
itself a little opera - a
'chamber piece'. It was
written in a period when
I was waiting impatiently
for the libretto for
Under the Sky, and I see
it as a meeting (or seven
meetings) between two
people - two instruments
- longing for each other;
longing to merge
together. The piece is a
kind of sister work to
Roses are Falling.'.
Melodies for Beginners Volume 4 Violon et Piano [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Débutant Editions Marc Reift (Swiss import)
Violin & Piano or CD Play Back / Play Along - Grade 1 SKU: MA.EMR-45059 <...(+)
Violin & Piano or CD Play
Back / Play Along - Grade
1
SKU:
MA.EMR-45059
Melodies pour
Debutants / Melodien fur
Anfanger. Composed by
Bertrand Moren. Violin &
CD Playback (Play Along).
Score and parts. Duration
23'11. Editions Marc
Reift #EMR 45059.
Published by Editions
Marc Reift
(MA.EMR-45059).
The Conquering
Hero / Wedding March /
Silent Night / Joy To The
World / Impromptu / The
First Nowell / Nobody
Knows / The Little Mouse
/ Battle Hymn Of The
Republic / Nobody Knows
The Trouble I've Seen /
Havah Nagilah / The
Carnival Of Venice...
Piano; Violin - intermediate SKU: HL.49019514 Violin and Piano. Co...(+)
Piano; Violin -
intermediate
SKU:
HL.49019514
Violin
and Piano. Composed
by Joe Duddell. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
Composed 2010. 24 pages.
Duration 9'. Schott Music
#ED13358. Published by
Schott Music
(HL.49019514).
ISBN
9790220132575.
9.0x12.0x0.111
inches.
“All
Stars Aligned was
originally to be a set of
variations on a theme
that is almost hidden in
the opening bars.
However, the piece took
on much more of a
fantasia feel and shape
as I wrote it and it
could be argued that a
second theme first heard
in the violin of the
ground (derived from
material in bar 5)
becomes more dominant
than the first as the
piece progresses. The
piece is in one
continuous movement but
is in three distinct
sections and tempi:
medium, slow and fast.
The material shares some
similarities with my
piano trio,
Nightswimming, and in
some ways can be seen as
a companion piece (minus
the cello of course). The
title comes from a track
on an album by the artist
St. Vincent called Marry
Me which I hope is
appropriate for a piece
commissioned to celebrate
a wedding
anniversary.†Joe
Duddell 2010.