Josep Maria Guix
Esbós
Duration: 4'
Instrumentation details:
piano
violin
Esbós
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Work introduction
This brief composition, Sketch (upon and ancient glossa), establishes parallelisms with the typical harmonic links found in the Spanish folia -although it is based on personal thematic material- and, especially, with the concept of ostinato and progressive transformation that characterise a chaconne.
Nevertheless, it stays away from the traditional structure of theme with variations to build a concentrated mix, in which various fragments are juxtaposed and possible developments are insinuated. At the same time, there are reminiscences from past styles to reveal, in a very veiled manner, the element catalyser of the piece.
The work was comissioned by violinist Anna Urpina, who premiered the composition in Palau de la Música Catalana (Barcelona) with Alberto Rosado (piano) in October 25th 2021.
The piece has been recorded on CD by these two players (Ibs Classical): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVXkHppno_g
https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/classic/detail/-/art/anna-urpina-baroque-modern/hnum/11073219
https://www.annaurpina.com
https://www.albertorosado.com
What is necessary to perform this work?
Duet for Violin & Piano