for Violin and Piano
from A World of Miracles
An ambition in this collection is to provide music that can be played by both by the enterprising young person and the inquisitive older person. In the keyboard part the physical demands are not great, indeed some of the pieces attempt to follow Nielsen’s example in his Klavermusik for Små og Store where the spread of each hand sought by the music rarely requires more than the interval of a fifth. The violin part makes no such concessions and requires a more mature technique, although the music remains well within the bounds of good student and amateur players. Whatever the age and experience of the performers the music offers much scope for the play of musical imagination.
A World of Miracles is the final section of Childhood and Memory (Link currently in maintenance), a four-part multi-media project celebrating the legacy of Robert Schumman in his anniversary year 2006. Kinderszenen and Dicterliebe have provided both a scaffolding and a starting point, embodying as they do reflections about innocence and the loss of what has once been loved.
from A Lost Experience in the Land of the Living
Downloads
Study Score [pdf]
Violin Part [pdf]
Reference recordings
The Man with the Golden Key [mp3]
Frames and Limits [mp3]
The Things we Remember (are the things we forget) [mp3]
A Great Adventure [mp3
A World of Miracles [mp3]
Day Dreams [mp3]
A Hobby is not a Holiday [mp3]
Maps of Fabulous Countries [mp3]
Impatience [mp3]
The White Light of Wonder [mp3]
Punch and Judy [mp3]
A Lost Experience in the Land of the Living [mp3]