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MP3 | Real
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| Catalogue #: |
LT. 12 |
| Composer: |
Frank Horvat |
| Years Composed: |
1994-96 |
| Instrumentation: |
String Duo, collection of 5 short pieces for Violin and
Cello |
| Duration: |
7 min |
| Score: |
Yes |
| Availability: |
Live Demo |
| Date: |
November 7, 1996 |
| Location: |
University of Toronto, Walter Hall |
| Musicians: |
Soo-Jung Yu (Violin), Meran Currie-Roberts (Cello) |
| Producer/Engineer: |
Frank Horvat |
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Maturing Suite is a set of 5 contrasting pieces for the violin
and cello, 2 instruments that combine well to offer many textural
possibilities. I conceived the suite as something that could
be practiced and performed by students of the violin & cello.
As you go from piece to piece, they get progressively more challenging.
So it's the type of work that a student could always return
back to over the long term as they advance in the technical
prowess of their instrument.
Musically, I wanted each piece to evoke it's own unique character
while using a variety of string techniques at the same time:
| I: |
lyrical interplay between the 2 instruments |
| II: |
very melancholy, expressive folk piece, much vibrato |
| III: |
playful, quick, light |
| IV: |
haunting, like the soundtrack of a scary movie, featuring
tremolo and glissandi |
| V: |
very rhythmic, groove oriented, lot's of pizzicato, can
be performed with a metronome, drum or hand claps from a
third party. |
- Frank Horvat
Student's are welcome to perform these pieces at Contemporary
Showcase: an annual festival of contemporary Canadian music for
students (see page 122 of the 2001-2005 syllabus Class 2502CH).
For more info please visit www.acnmp.ca
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