Violin and piano -
difficult
SKU:
HL.49017923
For
Violin and Piano.
Composed by Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies. This
edition: Saddle
stitching. Sheet music.
String. Composed 2008. 36
pages. Duration 15'.
Schott Music #ED13223.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49017923).
ISBN
9790220131141. UPC:
884088567217.
9.0x12.0x0.125
inches.
Sir Peter
Maxwell Davies is
universally acknowledged
as one of the foremost
composers of our time and
as he reaches his 75th
birthday in 2009 he
remains prolific.The
sonata for violin and
piano was written for the
virtuoso violinist, Ilya
Gringolts and first
performed at the St
Magnus Festival in Orkney
in 2008. The work is
principally concerned
with Italian architecture
and the music takes both
performers and audience
across an imaginary
walkway over Rome as
proposed by the architect
Giuseppe Rebecchini.
Starting at the 17th
Century Chiesa Nuova the
exceptional journey
passes Renaissance
churches, exhibition
spaces, the river Tiber,
glass facades, sculptures
and even a prison where a
Lazio folk tune can be
heard echoing from behind
the walls. The journey
ends 15 minutes later at
Gianicolo, an area where
one can take in
breathtaking views over
the whole city.