VIOLIN REPERTOIRE PORTABLE

Like salon pieces, sonatas are usually written for violin and piano.

The heavyweights: unaccompanied sonatas, sonatas with piano, and concertos I also love ArenskyвЂ™s Serenade, DebussyвЂ™s Beau Soir, and ProkofievвЂ™s Masks (arranged by Jascha Heifetz, another star violinist). Some of my favorites to teach and play are by Fritz Kreisler, a famous 20th-century violinist who, in pieces like Chanson Louis XIII et Pavane and Tempo di Minuetto, imitated music from centuries past. My students often start with DanclaвЂ™s Romance, BohmвЂ™s Sarabande, or GluckвЂ™s Melodie. However, a few famous salon pieces, like AchronвЂ™s Hebrew Melody, are more solemn. Many are cheerful in character, and are now performed as encores at the ends of concerts. Дuring the 19th century, these short pieces for violin and piano, often adapted from operas and other longer works, were frequently in played in salons. Some of my personal favorites in this category are ChaussonвЂ™s PoГЁme, EnescuвЂ™s Ballade, and SibeliusвЂ™s Six Humoresques. Later on, there are the Beethoven Romances, Vaughan WilliamsвЂ™s The Lark Ascending, and many more.

VIOLIN REPERTOIRE PORTABLE

And, because alternative versions exist for violin with piano, theyвЂ™re portable вЂ“ perfect for recitals.ДЄs a student, you might first play MassenetвЂ™s вЂњMГ©ditationвЂќ from ThaГЇs, de BeriotвЂ™s ScГЁne de ballet, or WieniawskiвЂ™s LГ©gende. Though often short in duration, these evocative and challenging works can feel quite significant in stature. Light music: pieces for violin and orchestra salon pieces

Violin repertoire