Program notes:
The three movement "Duo for Violin and Piano" was commissioned by the
Fortnightly Musical Club of Cleveland, Ohio and written in May of 2008
for
The Cleveland Duo
performers - Stephen Warner, violin and Carolyn Gadiel Warner,
piano. The first movement is a ternary structure with
light, lilting outer sections and a darker, more intense middle
section. The longer second movement is a tone poem on the
separation of the soul from the body; it too is in a ternary form, but
the middle section is a moderately slow fugue which draws its
inspiration from Beethoven (Op 110 Piano Sonata and Symphony #3) on the
one hand and Jimi Hendrix (Woodstock “Message to Love”) on the
other. The 12 subject entries of the fugue ascend
systematically through all 12 pitch classes, beginning with Bb and
ending with A. The third and final movement presents
two equally earthy but very different themes in succession; the two
themes are then combined. Both themes are in an asymmetrical 15/8
which, with a few exceptions, subdivides into 4/4+7/8. When
brought up to tempo the listener will typically feel each 15/8 bar as a
four beat pattern with beat three slightly shorter than the other beats
(i.e. 4+4+3+4 eighth-notes).
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The mp3 below is of the first movement from the premiere performance
given by the Cleveland Duo ( Stephen Warner, violin and Carolyn Gadiel
Warner,
piano) at Christ Episcopal Church in Warrensville Hts, Ohio on February
22, 2009.
Duration of all three mvts 17 mins
I. I am Light! (on my feet)
II. The Ascent
III. Back Down to Earth
Duo for Violin and Piano (2008)
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