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Check this awesome playlist of solo violin works (old and new)—it even includes my original work “MMXX”! 😇
Thomas Baltzar (c.1630-1663) - Partita no 1 in A Minor: Allemande Courante Sarabande Gigue
George Clifford, unaccompanied violin
DIGITAL SHEET MUSIC (high-resolution PDF files)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) - Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin b-minor, BWV 1002, IIb. Double (Presto). Performed by Rachel Podger, baroque violin.
The day after performing at Lincoln Center I’m in rehearsal again 🥰🎻✨ Feeling grateful & happy to be doing what I love. Happy Palm Sunday, my friends ❤️🙏🏼
(Sidebar: I haven’t gotten all the photos yet from yesterday. They’re coming!) _______ 📸 (cover): Karsten Moran
Saariaho - Nocturne for solo violin (1994)
A short but gorgeous piece that makes full use of the violin's registers and timbres. It was written in memory of Witold Lutosławski, and it is based off themes and ideas that Saariaho explored in her violin concerto that she was writing around the same time. Moments feel like wind over a bottleneck, or insects chirping and clicking. The texture shifts from being delicate and songlike, to being very harsh and guttural. There's a hint of 'lyrical' writing at points, harkening back to the Italianate melodies from the genre's early works. The sense of melody comes and goes, giving the illusion of a song. The density of some of the textures makes it surprising to remember that this is one stringed instrument, and not several.
