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.

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.

Chamber Music Clarinet, Piano, Violin

SKU: PR.164002390

Composed by Dan Welcher. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 1995. 26+14+14 pages. Duration 14 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #164-00239. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.164002390).

UPC: 680160038091.

I became interested in the work of Plato through my friend and collaborator, the writer and philosopher Paul Woodruff. Paul's new translation, with Alexander Nehamas, of the Symposium gave me insights into ancient Greek ways of thinking about Love, Beauty, and Wisdom -- and managed to keep the earthy, and often bawdy side of it all in full view. But their new translation of Plato's later dialogue Phaedrus went even further: the beauty of the speeches is breathtaking, and the discourse itself is enough to keep one awake at night. Basically the Great Speech of Socrates in the Phaedrus dialogue has to do with the place of Eros in the world, and with the conflict in the soul between fleshly pleasure and philosophic discovery. I will not attempt to encapsulate this brilliant discourse in a program note: suffice it to say that reading it gave rise to my two-sided work for clarinet, violin, and piano, Phaedrus. The first movement represents the Philosophic life, and is thus subtitled Apollo's Lyre (Invocation and Hymn). It begins with an unaccompanied melody for the clarinet, which (after a pair of harp-like flourishes for the piano, expands into an accompanied canon. The voices in the dialogue (clarinet and violin) follow each other by a prescribed number of beats, but the music is totally devoid of any meter at all. The piano, representing the lyre, accompanies this lyric love-feast with repeated strummed chords. The canon has three large sections, and ends with violin echoing the unaccompanied clarinet invocation as the sound of the lyre fades. The second movement, called Dionysus' Dream-Orgy (Ritual Dance) presents, after a brief introduction, another kind of unmetered music. Rather than long lyric flights of philosophic song, however, this time we hear a unison dance of unbridled energy and sensual transport. The piece soon forms itself into a loose arch form, with contrasting metered dance sections divided by the unison unmetered orgy tune. Midway through the movement, Apollo's melody returns from the first movement, but it is a temporary reminiscence. The orgiastic dance returns, reaches a climax, and ends with a stomping of feet. While Plato asserts that a proper balance between lust and reason is necessary in all men, he (naturally) gives the nod to Philosophy as the better choice in which to live. Not so in my music: the two sides are meant to coexist and to complement each other. No sides are taken. Phaedrus was commissioned of the Verdehr Trio by Michigan State University. It is dedicated to the Vedehr Trio with great affection and admiration.

For violin And Piano. Composed by Dan Welcher. Premiered by Paul Kantor, violin, and William Bolcom, piano, at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Contemporary. Solo part with piano reduction. With Standard notation. Composed 2000. 8 pages. Duration 4 minutes, 30 seconds. Theodore Presser Company #164-00289. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.164002890).

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.114417650

For violin And Piano. Composed by Carter Pann. Sws. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 1996. 8+2 pages. Duration 9 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41765. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114417650).

ISBN 9781491107959. UPC: 680160636204. 9x12 inches.

Composed in the mold of Satie's Gymnopedies, Carter Pann's TWO ROMANCES for Violin and Piano transport us exquisitely into a dream world of gentle impressionism and lilting dance. The two movements may be performed individually or as a pair. Pann's orchestral version of these romances is recorded on Naxos under the title Deux Sejours. For advanced performers.

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 “symphonic”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 scent”, 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.

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.114418330

For violin And Piano. Composed by Eric Ewazen. Sws. Set of Score and Parts. 12+2 pages. Duration 7 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41833. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114418330).

ISBN 9781491132173. UPC: 680160641819. 9 x 12 inches.

A beautiful cantabile song without words, A SONG FROM THE HEART has all of Ewazen’s expressive elegance, and is a perfect recital piece both for students and professionals. Originally composed for Trumpet and Piano, this lyrical work has been transcribed for Violin by the composer.

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.114418650

A Klezmer Concerto. Composed by Noah Bendix-Balgley. Arranged by Samuel Adler. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 48+28 pages. Theodore Presser Company #114-41865. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114418650).

UPC: 680160642977. 9.5 x 13 inches.

Bendix-Balg ley is a major young talent, currently serving as first concertmaster in the Berlin Philharmonic. Klezmer music was a background for his childhood and has been an influence in his life ever since. Upon writing his very own Klezmer Concerto, Bendix-Balgley was delighted to have the master of orchestration, Samuel Adler, produce performance versions for both full orchestra and a fully-realized piano reduction. Formerly concertmaster with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Bendix-Balgley performed the premiere of this PSO-commissioned work in June, 2016 with the PSO, Maestro Manfred Honeck conducting. Adler's piano reduction of the work is now available.

For violin And Piano. Composed by Steven Stucky (1949-2016). Premiered by Cho-Liang Lin, violin, and Jon Kimura Parker, piano; La Jolla, CA. Contemporary. Solo part with piano reduction. With Standard notation. Composed 2013. 48 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #144-40604. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.144406040).

Violin, piano

SKU: PR.144400330

Composed by Donald Erb. With Standard notation. 32+6 pages. Theodore Presser Company #144-40033. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.144400330).

UPC: 680160024865. 9.5 x 13 inches.

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.114407890

Violin and Piano. Composed by Ezra Laderman. First performed on CBS Television by soloist Matthew Raimondi and the CBS Orchestra. Conducted by the composer. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 40+16 pages. Duration 27 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-40789. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114407890).

UPC: 680160012169.

Chamber Music Cello, Clarinet, Flute, Piano, Violin

SKU: PR.14440517S

Composed by Robert Martin. Full score. With Standard notation. 20 pages. Theodore Presser Company #144-40517S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.14440517S).

UPC: 680160667888. 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. There are passages in Nostalgia that build using two layers, a louder foreground and a quieter background. Both of these layers are independent of specific instruments, in other words, the various instruments jump in to play a role in either layer, then jump to the other layer. It is as if the ensemble has doubled. The technical musical term for multiple instruments interweaving to produce a single thread or idea is called Klangfarbenmelodie (tone-color-melody). Because there are two layers (louder and softer), both using this technique, Nostalgia is a unique example of 'double Klangfarbenmelodie.' The piece ends with a series of intense rhythmic pulsations and several apocalyptic fanfares. (From the performance notes.).

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.114407990

For violin And Piano. Composed by Ezra Laderman. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 31+11 pages. Theodore Presser Company #114-40799. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114407990).

UPC: 680160012282.

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.144401130

For violin And Piano. Composed by Gerald Levinson. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 1973. Duration 24 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #144-40113. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.144401130).

UPC: 680160025725.

Composed by Jonathan Leshnoff. For violin, piano. Contemporary. Solo Part with Piano. Standard Notation. Theodore Presser Company #494-02978. Published by Theodore Presser Company

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.114422430

For violin And Piano. Composed by Stacy Garrop. Sws. Set of Score and Parts. 8+2 pages. Duration 5 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-42243. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114422430).

UPC: 680160683550. 9 x 12 inches.

Chamber Music Clarinet, Flute, Piano, Violin

SKU: PR.11440561S

Composed by Ralph Shapey. Score. With Standard notation. 36 pages. Duration 12:30. Theodore Presser Company #114-40561S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.11440561S).

UPC: 680160009039.

The three movements examine the same materials from different points of view; in the first, the ideas are chronologically separated, but they alternate and develop through the instruments in an intensifying way that generates a rather imposing and grandiose rhetoric. The second, with its hypnoti, incessant reiterations at maximum volume of a simultaneous combination of motives of different l lengths and shapes, ends just short of becoming unbearable... In the last movement the flute, clarinet and violin slowly unfold a continuous texture that combines several of the earlier elements, while the piano softly interjects the echo of its first movement triplets.

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.114419280

Composed by Chen Yi. Arranged by Wong Tak Chiu. Performance Score. 32+12 pages. Duration 20 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41928. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114419280).

ISBN 9781491132357. UPC: 680160676125.

Inspi red by Chinese tradition, this concerto-like dance suite includes: 1. Lion Dance, 2. YangKo, and 3. Muqam. Each movement draws from melodies and rhythms characteristic of various regions of China many centuries ago. CHINESE FOLK DANCE SUITE is available for violin with full orchestra, or as a recital work with piano.
Supported by a major commissioning award from the Serge Koussevitzky Music Foundation in the Library of Congress, Chinese Folk Dance Suite is written for solo violin and orchestra; it was premiered by The Women’s Philharmonic with violin soloist Terrie Baune, conducted by Apo Hsu, on March 10, 2001, at Yerba Buena Center For the Arts Theater in San Francisco.Inspired by various Chinese traditional folk dances, the suite has three movements:I. Lion Dance. Traditionally, people dance with richly decorated hand-made lions, accompanied by percussion ensemble, to celebrate happy occasions and major festivals throughout the country. In this composition, I use Chinese drum and other percussion instruments in the background, to form a dynamic and rhythmic texture responding to the solo part, which imitates the tunes played on the suona (traditional Chinese trumpet). The pitch materials came from the traditional Guangdong tune “Dragon Boat Racing,” and the Chaozhou tune “Lion Playing Ball.”II. YangKo. Originating in northern China, this is a major folk dance form in mass performance popularized in the country. In YangKo performance, people play rhythmic patterns on the drums hung around their waists while singing and dancing. In the second movement, I imagined a warm scene of YangKo dancing in distance. The solo violin plays a sweet and gracious melodic line while all members of the orchestra sing non-pitched syllables in different layers as the soft background, to imitate the percussion sound which produces the ever-going pulse.III. Muqam. This large-scale music and dance form, from the Uygur nationality in Xinjiang province, originated in the 15th century. My third movement use a 7/8 meter and the melodic style of Muqam music. The fiery dancing gesture culminates in the sustained climax section at the end of the work, after a colorful violin cadenza in both improvisational singing style and polyphonic writing with woven lines.

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.114402930

For violin And Piano. Composed by James Drew. The premiere performance of this work took place at the Des Moines Art Center, September 12, 1982. Contemporary. Set of performance scores. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Theodore Presser Company #114-40293. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114402930).

UPC: 680160005932. 11 X 8.5 inches.

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.).

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.114403110

For violin And Piano. Composed by Ulric Cole. Society for the Publication of American Music, Eleventh Season 1929-1930. Contemporary. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. 44+12 pages. Theodore Presser Company #114-40311. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114403110).

UPC: 680160006106. 9 x 12 inches.

For violin And Piano. Composed by Robert Maggio (1964-). Premiered February 14, 1991 at the 92nd Street Y, New York, NY by Scott St. John, violin, and Robert Koenig, piano. Score and part(s). With Standard notation. Composed 1990. 51 pages. Duration 15 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-40814. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114408140).

Chamber Music violin, piano

SKU: PR.114410250

For violin And Piano. Composed by Richard Wernick. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 1997. Duration 21 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-41025. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114410250).

UPC: 680160015061.