SKU: HL.14023651
ISBN 9780711968912. 12.0x9.0x0.11 inches.
Viola and Piano was commissioned for the Hindermith Viola Festival and Kim Kashkashian and written during the summer of 1995, Viola and Piano is the third in an erratic series of virtuoso works for solo instrument and piano. The first performance was given by Kim Kashkashian and Peter Nagy, London 1995. Duration 10 minutes. Score and separate viola part included.
SKU: HL.14043650
9.0x12.0x0.137 inches.
Elizabeth Maconchy Composed Her Sonata For Viola And Piano In 1937, Which Premiered The Following Year In London. Included In This Is The Score And Parts For Viola And Piano, With The Piece Lasting Around 14 Minutes. Elizabeth Maconchy Enrolled At The Royal College Of Music At The Age Of Sixteen And, While Her String Quartets Are Often Seen By Many As The Pinnacle Of Her Musical Achievements, This Sonata For Viola And Piano Is A Beautiful Interplay Between The Two Instruments, And Must Surely Rank As One Of The Finest Viola Sonatas Ever Composed.
SKU: HL.14042969
ISBN 9781783053919.
Portrait No.2 'E.B.B' is taken from Two Portraits for Strings composed by Benjamin Britten . This fantastic, flowing Viola solo over, soft, staccato Piano chords really expresses a range of gripping emotions. Here it is present in a version arranged for Viola and Piano by Martin Outram, violist of the Maggini Quartet.
SKU: HL.14048304
8.0x11.75 inches. English.
Hugh Wood's Ithaka for Violin, Viola and Cello. Score. Inspired by C. P. Cavafy's poem, this work was commissioned by the Florin Ensemble and generously supported by the Britten-Pears Foundation, the RVW Trust and the Swaledale Festival, which hosted the first performance at St. Andrew's Church, Grinton on 2nd June 2016. The performers were Charles Mutter (Violin), Alastair Scahill (Viola) and Catherine Rimer (Cello).
SKU: HL.14005408
8.25x11.75x0.107 inches.
Geoffrey Burgon's Six Studies were originally composed for solo cello. This transcription, authorised by the composer, has involved some changes in register and notes due to the different timbres and response of the viola and the considerable difference in physical size of the two instruments. This work was commissioned by the Portsmouth Festival with funds provided by Southen Arts. The first performance was given by Julian Lloyd Webber at the Cathedral Church of Old Portsmouth in June 1980.
SKU: HL.14048297
9.25x12.0x0.25 inches. English.
Michael Nyman's Viola and Piano, composed in 2009. This version was revised in 2014 and is scored for flute, clarinet, piano, violin and cello. Duration: approx. 14 minutes.
SKU: HL.14042812
8.5x11.75x0.166 inches.
Commissioned by Kronos Quartet for the Celebrate Brooklyn Festival. Premiere 12th March 2009 at the MusicNOW Festival and 18th July 2009 in Prospect Park, Brooklyn.Bryce Dessner is a composer/guitarist/curator based in NewYork City. He has received widespread acclaim as a composer and guitarist for the improvising new music quartet, Clogs. Bryce has performed and/or recorded with some of the world's most creative musicians including songwritersSufjan Stevens, Bon Iver, and Antony Hegarty, Sonic Youth guitarist Lee Ranaldo, composers Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Nico Muhly and Michael Gordon, the contemporary ensembles, Kronos Quartet, the Bang on a Can All-Stars andvisual artist Matthew Ritchie. .
SKU: HL.50603728
ISBN 9781705133248. UPC: 840126957341. 10.5x14.0x0.043 inches.
Anna Thorvaldsdottir's Sola for solo viola and pre-recorded electronics was composed for Anne Leilehua Lanzilotti. The music, which features extended techniques, was inspired by the search for calm amidst chaos and turmoil. To obtain the pre-recorded electronics, please contact promotion@wisemusic.com.
SKU: HL.14037611
ISBN 9781849385442. UPC: 884088572396. 8.5x11.75x0.248 inches.
Notes From a Diary was jointly commissioned by Thorunn Osk Marinosdottir and the Hebrides Ensemble with financial support from Musica Nova, the Ministry of Culture in Iceland, NESTA and the Scottish Arts Council.Itwas first performed on 3 June 2005 by Thorunn Osk Marinosdottir (viola) and Kristinn Orn Kristinsson (piano) at the Ymir Concert Hall, Reykjavik, Iceland as part of the International Viola Congress.
SKU: HL.14037707
ISBN 9781849385916. UPC: 884088578626. 8.25x11.75x0.262 inches.
Kevin Volans' String Quartet No. 9: Shiva Dances was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and first performed by the Smith Quartet at the 2004 Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.Kevin Volans (the composer) notes on the piece:In the past I have been interested in trying to go beyond historicism (1970s), beyond style(1980s) and beyond form (1990s) in my work. Looking back over the music of the twentiethcentury I was struck by the fact the nearlyall of it is extremely 'busy', almost cluttered. Italmost seemed that composers felt compelled to look industrious. In the new millennium Ithought it would be interesting to try and eliminate content. I also aspired to movingfrommusic (sound as art) to art (art as sound). This, of course, has already been done by a numberof composers (many from New York - Phil Niblock and La Monte Young, to name but two), butit was something I had never tried.AlthoughI found it annoying that the label 'minimalist' was given to my African-based work,and fearing this would make the label stick, I set out to write a piece which reflected my loveof minimal painting and architecture. The Japanesehave a term 'wabi' meaning 'voluntarypoverty' or 'emptiness' to describe their restrained minimal aesthetic, an aesthetic which,however, pays greatest attention to the quality of material and fine detail. I like to think thatthelack of excessive pitch material in this piece reflects a kind of voluntary poverty.When Shiva is portrayed dancing (as Nataraj) He is depicted in a circle of flames crushing asmall figure - the ego - underfoot.You get theimpression He dances on the spot, not movingaround at all. I like that.The piece is dedicated to Pablo Pascual Cilleruelo.
