Format : Partition
Sonata Nr 1
SKU: HL.14018850
ISBN 9780711986008. 9.0x12.0x0.295 inches.
The Prelude, Hymn And Toccata 1987 is dedicated to, and was commissioned by the Nettle-Markham Piano Duo. It was the second work to have been written for them by the composer, the first being the Sonata For Piano Duet Op.92. This twenty minute work begins with Leighton's typical preludial double-dotted rhythms and contrapuntal textures; it develops into dark, passionate music and erupts into single and double cadenzas. The gentle Hymn is ushered in quietly and unfolds in long, rhapsodic sections, building up to more climactic cadenzas before dissolving gradually to an ethereal conclusion. The Toccata finale shows Leighton's masterly piano writing and contrasts biting, rhythmic motifs with sweeping, yearning elegiac phrases.
SKU: HL.14018852
ISBN 9780853609308.
Piano duet score. 1st performance Ellesmere College, January 1986 by Richard Markham and David Nettle. Duration c.24 minutes. The work is in three movements and the musical thought is symphonic. The first movement (based entirely on the opening motive) goes through a series of paragraphs which eventually culminate in an extended melodic line played entirely by the treble player. The middle movement is a playful Scherzo with a rather sardonic waltz for its Trio. The slow movement (which comes last) is much more relaxed and concentrates on a D major motive with sharpened fourths, but the more intense moods of the first movement return in a suddenly impassioned middle section.
SKU: BT.AL-0160A
English.
This wonderful Sonata is from Opus 17, and is for Piano Solo.
SKU: HL.50512391
SKU: HL.50512446
UPC: 884088954826. 8.5x12.0x0.171 inches.
SKU: BT.AL-0202A
SKU: HL.50512450
SKU: HL.50512449
SKU: HL.50512437
8.5x11.5x0.058 inches.
The Elegy for Cello and Piano was composed in 1949. It was originally conceived as the slow movement of a cello sonata which was never completed. It is a beautifully moving piece in its own rights that has – quite deservedly so – become popular with cellists.
