Details
Summary
- Instrument:
- Piano Piano Accompaniment Horn Solo
- Genres:
- 21st Century Contemporary
- Publishers:
- Paul Safar
- Series:
- ArrangeMe
- Format:
- Score Score and Part
- Item types:
- Digital
- Level:
- Advanced
- Usages:
- School and Community
- Number of Pages:
- 26
Detailed Description
SKU: A0.1872557
Composed by Paul Safar. This edition: pdf. 21st Century, Classical, Contemporary. Score and part. 26 pages. Paul Safar #1431747. Published by Paul Safar (A0.1872557).I was thrilled to be invited to write a new piece for both this combination of instruments and this duo in particular. Coco Bender was a piano student of mine many years ago when she was in high school. Now she is a colleague with whom I discuss teaching and collaborate in projects like these. After hearing her and Margarite Waddell perform together I knew this would a lovely compositional opportunity. The duo suggested using Robert Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro for horn and piano as a springboard for the piece since it would be on their program as well. I immediately knew I had to structure our piece as an Allegro and Adagio to balance the scale (no pun intended,really).
The phrase “Peaks and Valleys” popped into my head as I was working on the music. It was something my late father often used to say in the context of “Life is full of peaks and valleys..”
I am an avid hiker and somehow the images of climbing a peak and then descending into a beautiful valley upon came into view. Of course, the phrase is also a metaphor for the ups and downs everyones lives have. As I am growing older, I think that simple concept has somehow meant more these days as a way to remind oneself that the moment is so transitory.
The piece alludes to the Schumann in the Adagio section especially with a bit of a melodic quotation as well as the overall flavor of romantic harmonies and dialogue between the instruments.
I hope you enjoy the piece as much as I did writing it. - Paul, summer 2022.
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