AmandaL, Janexxx and other violin enthusiasts...

Does anyone know whether Edward Grieg wrote any easy intermediate levels (grade 6 and 7 pieces) violin music?

Thanks!

The sonatas are probably too difficult but why not have a look at some arrangements of his Lyric pieces? I do not know of any editions but feel sure that there must be some available.

There's one in the Grade 5 book. An arrangement of a piano piece called Album Leaf

I have to admit that Grieg for violin is not really my cup of tea, but I'll have a dig round and see what's available.

EDIT:

Sonata in G Op3. Allegretto is Grade 7 on TG syllabus and at Grade 5 they have a Grieg piece named Springar, taken from Halling and Springar, which is not a work I know I'm afraid.

How about 'Morning'? That's a lovely lovely lovely piece. Probably not grade 6/7 standard though. Has some violin parts.

I'm just suggesting randomly since it's the only piece by Grieg that I know, and I'm also not a violinist.

Hmm, they don't sound particularly tuneful to us. I wonder - What about "Morning"? Don't know that one.

Well, thanks, everyone. We are looking round to supplement "work" pieces just for some fun. Currently, our daughter is really enjoying Shostokovich and Kreisler collection books she has although it's nice, to have other composers for a change, from time to time.

Guess what, this is a bit off-tangeant, but she has asked a friend who then asked her RAM professor for some "recorder-violin" duets - tough search, this one! She has also asked her own violin teacher for some "drum-violin" duets. He just roared with laughter. Met a drummer she fancies. (Her brother also loves African drums.) It's wonderful to meet all those music-loving kids she did during an all-day Music Fun Day at a school. These kids have so many different ideas and variations in tastes.

Apparently I thought Grieg wrote really easy music for the viola (or it might be a transcription?) and they're about grade 3~4 ish?

Actually have you tried the gorgeous second movement of the Third Violin Sonata in C Minor ? I am sure I was accompanying my daughter when she was a grade 7 stage. You have a long opening piano section though!

A long opening section is ideal for nerves if you are nervous.

...not for the pianist's nerves it isn't!

I heard a grade 5 trumpet recently during the High Scorer's concert, and his piece was like that. He just stood around and relaxed for like half a minute while the pianist was being wound up. There were long breaks in between too. Poor pianist!

Accompanists appear both confident and so professional, they don't look like they have any nerves. Or, do they?

probably not normally as many as the soloist!

Trust me, they do!!! I've accompanied!!

HK x

OK. OK, I believe you. I went to our daughter's concert once and there was this elderly gentleman whom she has never met before (by the name of LP - Joclarinet and CarExpert might know him as he's local) and he accompanied her very efficiently on the piano and my goodness! He was as cool and calm as robotic steel - there was no hint of expression nor nerves on him! Nil.

By the way, we've decided we don't fancy Grieg after all. She's now trying out others...

... which reminds me uh oh I've just missed today's deadline for our local music festival.

It depends partly on how confident we are in the soloist and partly on what we reckon the chances are of being paid.

The best soloists to deal with are the ones who consider themselves to be 50% of a two-person team. The worst I met (in non-musical terms) was the one who, referring to myself and another pianist, said to someone else that "X and Y have to realise that they are just accompanists." [edit: insert word for female dog here]!

Sorry to have gone so ... egregiously off-topic, as it were.