SKU: PE.EP6757B

ISBN 9790300760391. 232 x 303mm inches.

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SKU: AP.12-0571537022

ISBN 9780571537020. English.

An invaluable resource for students, Improve Your Scales! Violin Grade 2 covers all the keys and ranges required for the Associated Board syllabus, helping you pick up valuable extra marks in exams.

Paul Harris's brilliant series of Improve Your Scales! workbooks contains not only the complete scales and arpeggios for the ABRSM Grade 2 exam but also uses finger fitness exercises, studies, key pieces, and simple improvisations to help you play scales and arpeggios with real confidence.

SKU: AP.12-0571537030

ISBN 9780571537037. English.

An invaluable resource for students, Improve Your Scales! Violin Grade 3 covers all the keys and ranges required for the Associated Board syllabus, helping you pick up valuable extra marks in exams.

Paul Harris's brilliant series of Improve Your Scales! workbooks contains not only the complete scales and arpeggios for the ABRSM Grade 3 exam but also uses finger fitness exercises, studies, key pieces, and simple improvisations to help you play scales and arpeggios with real confidence.

SKU: PR.114418750

ISBN 9781491129524. UPC: 680160655489. 9 x 12 inches.

The seven-movement in the snowy margins might be considered a sort of atomic suite, as each movement is succinct, yet a microcosmic powerhouse inspired by “The Comet,” by Polish writer and Holocaust victim Bruno Schulz. Hersch’s intensity is expressed through dramatically captivating violin gestures, pushing the boundaries of texture, technique, and emotion.
Michael Hersch’s in the snowy margins was written in 2010. Like much of his work, it is grounded in literature and art. The title is drawn from a short story, The Comet by Polish writer, poet, and artist, Bruno Schulz (1892-1942). This forms the last of his collection The Street of Crocodiles, published in 1934. Schulz was shot by a Nazi officer in 1942.Both the title of Hersch’s work, and the ‘motto’ found on the composer’s manuscript (‘Thus far and no further. But what has become of the end of the world…’) are to be found in The Comet. It’s interesting that in in the snowy margins, unlike his earlier Fourteen Pieces which were inspired by the poetry of Primo Levi, Hersch chose to not title each individual movement with a quote. However his choices of text are applied, there is a clear quality of distillation. In every case, the texts which the composer has chosen to eschew lie beneath the music, akin to the greater mass of an iceberg, submerged, but imminent.Hersch also has very particular taste in visual art, and there seems to be common ground between the intensely expressionist drawing of Schulz, and those of Michael Mazur, which inspired his string quartet Images from a Closed Ward. The parallels between these artists reflect common traits shared between these two pieces, which provide a window on how the music should be approached, expressively and technically. I would argue, that from a violinist’s point of view, this pertains directly to how bow and left hand should approach the string: the febrile vibrancy of both Mazur and Schulz’s pencil and charcoal strokes, perhaps what T.S. Eliot called the ‘circulation of the lymph’, in every gesture, speaks to the intense experience, physically and emotionally, of playing (and hearing) this music. There is an intense sense of ‘truth to materials’ at every moment, the sense that every note sings on the edge of, or even beyond, total collapse.— Peter Sheppard-Skaerved.

SKU: PR.144407630

UPC: 680160692743. 9 x 12 inches.

SKU: PO.ME12

ISBN 9780958206525.

Farquhar's excellent fourth string quartet opens with a rising-scale idea followed by repeated chords that permeate the first movement and, ultimately, the entire work. The second movement combines slow movement and scherzo, with the quartet effectively grouped into two duos. This pairing continues into the concluding vivace movement.

SKU: PO.PE011

ISBN 9781877218118.

The powerful Whira (1997) demands both virtuosic pyrotechnics and nuanced expressive abilities from the solo violinist. The first and last of its seven movements are bold and ferociously inventive, while the longer second and sixth movements are slow and elegiac but no less concise or intense. The three middle movements form an intermezzo of sorts, incorporating a quirky pizzicato study and a clever 80th birthday tribute to Douglas Lilburn, doyen of classical music composition in New Zealand.

SKU: PO.PE176P

ISBN 9781877564765.

Kartsigar is perfect for string quartets looking to perform music influenced by Greek folk music. Psathas based this work on his transcriptions of highly expressive and virtuosic improvisations performed by Greek folk musicians. The work enables each player to demonstrate individual skill and prowess through a captivating melody and ostinato. Kartsigar makes for an exotic and engaging addition to any concert programme.

SKU: PO.PE121

ISBN 9781877564215.

Christos Hatzis Dystopia was written especially for two-time Grammy Award-winning violinist Hilary Hahn. Hatzis considers this work to be a meditation on the causes of religious intransigence, disenchantment and ultimately, jihad. Within the work Hatzis evokes a Middle-Eastern sound world by incorporating a microtonally altered modal scale. These exotic sounds subtly transforms into the equal- temperament of the Western European music tradition, and thereby juxtaposes these traditions and creates a dramatic interplay within the work. Dystopia is highly virtuosic and lends itself well to individual expression, making it an exciting addition to solo violin repertoire as an encore or recital work.

SKU: PO.PE107S

ISBN 9781877654123.

String Quartet No.2: The Gathering was commissioned by and dedicated to the renowned St. Lawrence String Quartet, who have performed the work extensively and recorded by EMI Classics. At nearly 40 minutes in duration this is one of Hatzis monumental works and showcases his eclectic style. It draws influence from a variety of sources including elements of American minimalism of the 1960s, Brazilian tango, and dance music of the Balkans and Middle East. This is a standout work that is sure to enhance the repertoire of professional string quartets. String Quartet No.2: The Gathering is published in celebration of Hatzis' 60th birthday. it is now available for purchase as a study score and/or performance set (parts only).

SKU: PO.ME25S

ISBN 9780958296731.

John Ritchie's String Quartet (1962) is another fine example of his writing style that is imbued with lyricism and traditional forms. Ritchie considers the work to be autobiographical with each movement reflecting a period of his life. this makes it an important work to study within the context of Ritchie's overall musical output.

SKU: PO.UME10

ISBN 9781877564901.

The Sonata for Solo Violin (1969) demonstrates the consummate craftsmanship and refinement in Carr's writing. Central to this work is an exploration of the melodic and expressive possibilities of the violin within the framework of a 12-tone system. A variety of meticulous bowing articulations are juxtaposed against one another throughout the four contrasting movements of the work. The score also calls for extreme dynamic and registral changes, which adds to its virtuosic and challenging appeal as a highly expressive work. It is also intriguing to study as a representative 12-tone work in considering the reception of European modernism within New Zealand composition during the late 1960s.

SKU: PD.PIL0587