Violin, viola, violoncello, piano SKU: FG.55011-755-6 Composed by Helvi L...(+)
Violin, viola,
violoncello, piano
SKU:
FG.55011-755-6
Composed by Helvi
Leiviskä. Classical,
contemporary. Score &
parts. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-755-6. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-755-6).
ISBN
9790550117556.
Finn
ish composer Helvi
Leiviskä (1902-1982)
created a broad-based
output of orchestral
works, solo songs and
chamber music. Her style
could be described as
moderate modernism,
deriving influences from
multiple sources such as
late Romanticism,
Symbolism, Expressionism,
Existentialism and
Neo-Classicism.
Leiviskä's output is
characterised by
philosophical and
religious themes, images
of nature and narrative
structures. Many of her
works focus on human
existential angst and
spiritual searching and
growth.
Helvi
Leiviskä originally
completed her Piano
Quartet in A major op. 1
in 1926 but revised it a
decade later, in 1935.
Written for the
traditional piano quartet
lineup (violin, viola,
cello and piano), the
work is in three
movements and has a
duration of about 25
minutes. It features
religious and ecstatic
imagery such as may be
found in French, German
or Russian neo-Romantic
styles.
LeiviskÃÂ
¤'s Piano Quartet is
considered one of the
cornerstones of her
chamber music output. Its
early version was
premiered in two parts at
student recitals of the
Helsinki Music Institute
(the 1st movement in 1925
and the 2nd and 3rd
movements in 1926). The
revised version was
performed in full by Timo
Mikkilä (piano), Sulo
Aro (violin), Ilmo Ranta
(viola) and Pentti
Rautawaara (cello) on
Finnish radio in 1939.
The work was also on the
programme of
Leiviskä's second
composition concert in
1945, being performed on
that occasion by Jussi
Jalas (piano), Erik
Cronvall (violin), Erik
Karma (viola) and Yrjö
Selin (cello). Two
commercial recordings
have been released
(Finlandia Classics 2012
and Telos Music 2016). It
is published for the
first time 2022 with an
extensive foreword by
Susanna Välimäki.
The product includes the
full score (piano part)
and a set of string
parts.
Duration:
c. 25'. Have a look
inside by clicking
sample.