Piano Accompaniment;
Viola - Grade 4
SKU:
HL.14042354
Viola
and Piano. Composed
by Poul Ruders. Music
Sales America. Classical,
Contemporary. Softcover.
Composed 2012. Edition
Wilhelm Hansen #WH31331.
Published by Edition
Wilhelm Hansen
(HL.14042354).
ISBN
9788759822630.
9.5x14.25x0.17 inches.
International (more than
one
language).
Programn
ote According to
tradition, a mid- or
late-19th century
instrumental Romance - or
Romanza - is a shortish
composition of
predominantly melodic
nature, with a slight
leaning toward the
sentimental.In several
European languages, such
as German, French, and
Danish, the word for
navel, i.e., an unfolding
drama in writing, is
Roman, and although
there's nothing literary
about my Six Romances for
viola and piano, each
piece tells its own story
open to individual inner
interpretation. Portal
forms the opening
chapter, so to speak,
paving the way for the
second movement, named
Even Song. Maybe it's
just a simple tune heard
at sunset, perhaps the
melody is carried from
faraway, over the hills
from inside the village
church...Titles such as,
Ballad, and Dirge (song
of mourning) immediately
reveal the nature and
mood of the music to
come, where-as the
concluding piece Duet is
slightly more
'mysterious.'In a classic
duet the two instruments
in question, or more
likely voices complement
each other benevolently.
In the present case,
however, the viola and
the piano both stand
firm, protection their
own turf - and - 'the
twain shall never
meet!'The piece is very
short indeed, it just
stops, leaving the
listener to finish the
'story' in his or her own
imagination. A true open
ending. Poul Ruders.
12 Romances, Op. 14
