Violin & Piano Compositions
Carlsbad by Lon Chaffin
Written for violin and piano, approx. 8 min in duration, single movement with four sections including, l. Drips, Pools, and Streams, ll. Caverns and Crystals, lll. Echoes in the Dark, lV. Night Flight, audio featuring Vanessa Porter and Eric Kao, blog post.
Suite America by Wallace DePue Sr.
Suite America is written for violin and piano, approx. 11 minutes in duration, including nine short sections entitled – Hymn of the Waters, Forest Creatures, Birds, Rockin’ Yellowstone, Chief Logan’s Elm, Spirits in the Woods, Nova Scotia, Sand Dunes, Glorious Niagara. See blog post for more information on the composition and the composer.
Three Sketches of Unblemished Earth by Jordan Jinosko
This Appalachian Trail inspired piece is written for violin and piano, approx. 12 minutes in duration, with three movement including, I. Water, II. Woodlands, III. Heights. See blog post for more information on the composition and the composer.
Violin Sonata No. 2 Going to the Sun by Frank Felice
Written for violin and piano, approx. 20 minutes in duration, audio featuring Vanessa Porter and midi piano, blog post. Here are the composer’s notes on his piece and his home state of Montana, “This sonata is a very accessible, single movement, 13 episode piece that uses as a framing device the beautiful scenic elements of Glacier National Park that are close to, viewed from, or a short walk away from the marvelous roadway called the Going to the Sun highway. My hope is that the music reflects at least some of the beauty of this part of Montana with it’s clear stumbling streams, cloud crowned mountains, green forests, red and grey rocks, multi-colored meadows of flowers, and it’s calm, cold lakes. “
Dances of Memory by Polina Nazaykinskaya
Dances of Memory is written for violin and piano, approx. 7 minutes in duration. See blog post for more information on the composition and the composer.
Three Asterisms by Lucas Oickle
“An asterism is any recognizable group of starts on the celestial sphere; either a constellation, an independently recognized grouping, or an aggregate of multiple constellations.” – Lucas Oickle Three Asterisms is written for violin and piano, approx. 11 minutes in duration, with three movement including, I. folksong, II. soliloquy, III. finale. See blog post for more information on the composition and the composer.
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