Esquisses en trois tableaux
Violin Solo - Sheet Music

Violin and piano - Grade 5-6

SKU: ET.VN18

Composed by Jean-Claude Schlaepfer. Contemporary. Composed 1987. Duration 5'40. Editions BIM #VN18. Published by Editions BIM (ET.VN18).

ISBN 9790207018793.

Each of these three movements represents a descriptive outline of a different musical character. In the Misterioso e espressivo, the piano and violin alternate extreme dynamics (pp to subito ff), in calm and violent passages, before vanishing in a peaceful silence.
The second movement (Scherzando + Vivace), sees the two instruments competing through the use of audacious rhythms, punctuated by accents, which serve to either separate one from the other or to bring them together.
Espressivo e lento, the last movement, draws from the multifarious varieties of musical expression (espressivo senza vibrato, mf con vibrato, etc.) with an unaffected simplicity resulting in a powerful single dimensional entity as a molto lento e pianissimo finale, where the violin leads to three ascending tenuto notes in the high register that are punctuated by a few transparent and dissonant chords, performed senza misura e morendo.
This work was first performed in Geneva in 1987 by Gilles Colliard (violin) and Gilles Landini (piano).