Hi,

I'm looking for a piano/violin duet to play with my friend and wondered if anyone can suggest some.

Pianist is very good (G7) and violin intermediate really.

Anything we would probably know i.e Romantic/Baroque ?
Thanks,

Fiona

Jules Massenet "Meditation" de Thais - beautiful short piece. some old bird asked me to play it when I was a student. I only ever passed grade 6, but with a decent accompaniment it sounds like real music.

ha-ha-ha-ha-ha....



(sorry....wiping the grin....)

ps, re the old bird, not the Thais....

It funny you suggest Meditation as it's my all time favourite violin piece which is my long term goal to play.

I certainly couldn't do it any justice at the moment but thanks.

Anymore suggestions ?

Fiona

How about the theme from Schindler's list?
Beautiful on violin, haven't seen an arrangement of this for piano/violin, but your excellent pianist can surely cobble something together!!
This piece gives me a lump in my throat...
You didn't say what feeling you wanted to convey.

Why not get the sheet music for Meditation, Fiona, and just have a look at it. Some pieces lend themselves to sounding nice in real life, without being as hard as they might sound, and this is one of them.

A bit easier than that is "Salut d'amour" which quite a few people seem to like playing.

Anything by Kreisler is a good bet for the above - he writes stuff that wants to sound nice on the violin, rather than stuff you have to make sound nice.

The converse can also be true particularly if one is no bleeding good - I remember being bowled over listening to Beethoven's Romance in F, then when I brought it out in Fresher's week everyone dived out of the window - it just sounded really whiney.

LOL Zoda !

I've got the sheet music for violin and piano and I think because it's so high, it needs to be played properly.

Trouble with me is, my family kick me out - in the conservatory to be precise ! I then get a bit paranoid as to how loud it is when I play the high notes plus a bit of screeching out of tune when changing position.
Hence, I don't play it anywhere near how I really should !

No. You're right. I should have another go anyway.

I can't remember what the music to Schindlers list is like. I shall search it out.
Does it have a name or is it just Theme from Schindlers list ?

Thanks again
Fiona

QUOTE (Fiona @ Nov 19 2004, 04:56 PM)

Trouble with me is, my family kick me out - in the conservatory to be precise !

I'm afraid there isn't a clickable smilie with a face that says "Ah yes, I remember it well".

members of my family used to come into the dining room where I was practising on the pretence of looking for a used tissue or something, just so that they could slam the door loudly on the way out.

Ha ha ha !

Yes I know it well !

Fiona

Hi Fiona

I have you thought of the adagio from Beethoven's Sonata for violin and piano No 5 it really is a beautiful piece of music, it lasts for about 6 minutes

A piece I really like is Elgar's Salut d'Amour although it won't stretch your grade 7 pianist too much.... It's a really lovely piece and I recently found out it was on last year's grade 4 syllabus so it should be within your technical abilities: there's plenty of scope though to interpret it beautifully beyond this level.

Thanks Amati and AP.

I shall have a look at these and let you know.

My pianist friend had the idea of Trois Gynopedies - Erik Satie. Piano playing 'dum dum - dum dum' and myself playing the tune.

I don't know if there is a duet version of this sort. If anyone can enlighten me ......

Fiona

Regarding Erik Satie's Gymnopedies, the splitting of the parts works nicely. I tried it recently with a Flautist. So long as your accompanist is O.K. at deciphering the Piano part and doesn't get confused, the melody line has stems up anyway, I think, so that should be easy. One advantage of playing the 1st Gymnopedie like this is that you get to hold that tied F# in the melody through all the bars, instead of trying to "fake" it through with the piano.
Try the other two Gymnopedies too, as they are just as nice as the first more popular one. Also, try his 3 Gnossiennes, which are quite popular and work in the same way.

Another suggestion and other thing which can work out well, is to just try out other Violin pieces that you dont know....maybe previous Graded Examination Pieces that you didn't do before etc. Part of the pleasure of Music is discovering new pieces for yourself and not just the recommended ones. I understand that it takes a while to work on a new piece and you dont want to waste time on something you dont like, but sometimes you can unearth unknown treasures doing this. I have done this many times, with old books sitting on the shelf.

Good Luck and enjoy your duets!
Gae

Brahms Violin Sonata is a nice one... the piano part's tricky though... it always seems to be with these duos!