Violin & piano - Advanced
SKU: EC.LMP044
Composed by Kareem
Roustom. Instrumental
part. E.C. Schirmer
Publishing #LMP044.
Published by E.C.
Schirmer Publishing
(EC.LMP044).
ISBN
9781962585026.
This
work was especially
arranged for Thomas
Stumpf and Joanna
Kurkowicz and was adapted
from the second movement
of my Violin Concerto No.
1. The inspiration comes
from the melodic shapes
and sentiments of the
hymns and chants of the
Syrian Orthodox Church.
Though there is no direct
reference
to any
particular hymn or chant
in that repertoire, it is
the formal structure and
melodic contour from that
tradition that provided
inspiration for Hymn;
especially in the opening
and closing sections. The
inner feelings of Hymn
reflect on one aspect of
the nature of faith, and
how one holds on to it in
a tumultuous world. This
is reflected in the
middle section where the
piano's jagged rhythms
attempt to throw off the
steady pulses of the
violin. Only faith in
one's own inner rhythm
can keep the violinist
moving steadily forward.
-Kareem Roustom.