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| Sicilienne was inspired by namesake within the “Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet” by Ernest Chausson, which I had the great pleasure of performing with the violinist Lara St. John and friends. I sketched it while aboard a Long Island Railroad train, and aimed to create a lilting, peaceful and romantic dance in imperceptibly changing meters. For reasons unclear to me, the beginning melody and piano writing is very Brahmsian, while the middle section is more affected by the music of Aaron Copland. I’m not sure how this marriage came to be, and perhaps it’s not for me to know. | |
| CATEGORY | chamber music, violin and piano, solo piano music |
| INSTRUMENTATION | Sicilienne exists in several different versions:
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| DURATION | 3 minutes 30 seconds |
| WORLD PREMIERE | February 17th, 2000 Paul Hall / The Juilliard School New York City |
| WORLD PREMIERE PERFORMERS | Jesse Mills, violin, Soyeon Lee, piano |
| OTHER NOTABLE PERFORMANCES | July 13th, 2001 and March 14, 2002 Robert McDuffie, violin Charles Abramovic, piano Harris Concert Hall / Aspen Music Festival Aspen, Colorado (Recorded for National Public Radio’s “Performance Today”) Widely performed by the violinist Timothy Fain on his recitals. |
| RECORDING | Recorded by Tim Fain (violin) & Pei-Yao Wang (piano) on “River of Light” (Naxos Records) – hear in the video above and buy at Amazon.com
Recorded by Andrea Ritter (recorder) and Daniel Koschitzki (piano), hear on youtube Recorded in the solo-piano version by Soheil Nasseri.
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| SCORE AVAILABILITY | All arrangements are available for sale via PDF or mail delivery; arrangements for combinations not listed above may be commissioned on request. [contact for more info] |
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