Concerto On Old English Rounds

Violin

SKU: AP.12-0571541887

Composed by Thomas Ades. Performance Music Ensemble; String - Violin and Piano. Form: Concerto. Living Composer. Book. Faber Music #12-0571541887. Published by Faber Music (AP.12-0571541887).

ISBN 9780571541881. English.

Thomas Adès's Violin Concerto Concentric Paths, written in 2005, is one of the most important additions to the violin concerto repertoire since Ligeti's. Cast in three contrasting movements?each linked by a preoccupation with circling musical figures? the concerto, subtitled Concentric Paths now occupies a place in standard repertoire. Two lithe, rhythmically driven movements, Rings and Rounds bookend Paths, an intensely emotional and gritty exploration of passacaglia-like sequences, which peaks in a lyrical outpouring of exceptional beauty. This is the violin part and piano reduction.

In just 20 minutes, this three-movement piece does something magical. The way it swirls ethereally in the first movement, exerts a tragic and vice-like grip in the chaconne-like second part and finally propels you into the uninhibited flight of the finale is like being spun into an infinite space.
The Guardian (Tom Service).

For Viola, Women's Chorus and Orchestra. By William Schuman. Orchestra. First performance: Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, with Donal McInnes, Viola Soloist, and the Radcliffe Choral Society, November 29, 1973, Boston, Massachusetts. Full Score - Study. 151 pages. Duration 40:00:00. Published by Theodore Presser Company.

For Viola, Women's Chorus, and Orchestra (Piano Reduction and Solo Viola Part). By William Schuman. Edited by Donald Mcinnes. For SSA Chorus, Viola Solo, Piano. First performance: Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Michael Tilson Thoma, with Donald McInnes Viola Soloist, and the Radcliffe Choral Society, November 29, 1974, Boston, Massachusetts. Solo part with piano reduction. 48 pages. Duration 40:00:00. Published by Theodore Presser Company.