| Lennox Berkeley: Five Pieces for Violin and Orchestra Op.56 (Violin/Piano) Violon et Piano Chester
Violin and Piano (Violin) SKU: HL.14004213 Composed by Lennox Berkeley. M...(+)
Violin and Piano (Violin)
SKU: HL.14004213
Composed by Lennox
Berkeley. Music Sales
America. Classical. Book
[Softcover]. Composed
2002. 56 pages. Chester
Music #CH55778. Published
by Chester Music
(HL.14004213).
9.0x12.0x0.175
inches. Five Pieces
for Violin and Orchestra
was commissioned by
Frederick Grinke and
completed on 20 December
1961. The BBC Symphony
Orchestra with Frederick
Grinke (violin) and
conducted by the
composer, gave the first
performance on 31 July
1962 at the Royal Albert
Hall, London during the
BBC Proms season. This
work is so constructed
that each piece is
complete in itself and
can be played separately,
while at the same time
the whole set of five
constitutes a structural
unit. A basic motif
consisting of a rising
semitone followed by a
falling tone, and its
inversion plays an
important part in every
piece. Thus the first
piece, which is of a slow
and meditative character,
begins with this theme in
the bass. It is also
heard in the first entry
of the solo part, and
thereafter every episode
is in some way derived
from it. The next piece,
a vigorous and strongly
marked 'allegro', uses
the semitone of the
original figure as its
starting point. A second
theme appears, first on
the horns and is later
taken up by the solo
violin, while a third
section has the initial
idea as its
accompaniment. Next comes
an extended scherzo in
free form very closely
based on initial motif.
The fourth is a purely
melodic piece containing
allusions in its middle
section to the basic
figure. Here the strings
only are used for
accompaniment. In the
first section, violas and
cellos are divided in the
middle section, and all
the strings are used in
the last, which is
otherwise an almost exact
repetition of the
opening. The Finale is a
lighter movement than the
others, concerned mainly
with giving the soloist
material for display, but
not unconnected with what
has gone before. $21.95 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 2 to 3 weeks | | |
| Quatuor No. 2 Quatuor à cordes: 2 violons, alto, violoncelle - Intermédiaire/avancé BIM
String quartet (2 violins, viola and violoncello) - Grade 4-5 SKU: ET.QC17(+)
String quartet (2
violins, viola and
violoncello) - Grade 4-5
SKU: ET.QC17
Composed by
Julien-Francois Zbinden.
Contemporary. Score and
parts. Editions BIM
#QC17. Published by
Editions BIM (ET.QC17).
ISBN
9790207024671. The
Quatuor No. 1 op. 60, of
limited duration, as well
as the short piece
Alligun, are perhaps the
inspirational source that
motivated me, late in
life, to undertake the
composition of an
important string quartet,
requiring that I once
again confront the
perennial challenge of
that instrumental
setting. The 25
minute work consists of
four very diverse and
contrasting
movements. The first
– Lento - Allegro
- opens with a slow and
mysterious introduction
followed by a joyful
rhythmic episode, while
the second –
Scherzando molto vivo
– is simply
virtuosic game-playing,
with the four bows flying
around freely. The
third – Adagio
– is very
dramatic, slowly evolving
into a mood of meditation
and tenderness. The
last movement –
Allegrissimo – is
an homage to contrapuntal
style and requires great
virtuosity on the part of
the performers. The
first performance was
given March 6 2012 by the
string quartet, Sine
Nomine (the dedicacee),
at the Théâtre de
l’Octogone in
Pully (Lausanne),
Switzerland.
Julien-François
Zbinden, august 2011,
Lausanne,
Switzerland. $57.44 - Voir plus => AcheterDélais: 3 to 4 weeks | | |
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