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Margaret Brandman's La Vida Apasionada : suite for violin and piano / Vov Dylan, violin ; Margaret Brandman, piano.
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Bossa Sonora : for solo piano [eScore] / Margaret Brandman.
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Work Overview
Bossa Sonora is the second movement of the La Vida Apasionada suite of 8 movements that was originally composed for a string and percussion ensemble.
The violin and piano version was created so that the work also can be performed as a duet.
The introduction of this gently swaying work traverses through the key of G minor to its dominant key D major. The main theme is in E flat Major, but many extended chromatic chords add richness to the harmonic progression. At bar 57 there is change of thematic material with a key change to G Major in which the music continues until the coda at bar 95 when the music returns to D Major, harking back to the chord progression in the introduction.
Work Details
Year: 2021, this version: 2023
Instrumentation: Flute, piano.
Duration: 4 min.
Commission note: Music originally commissioned by Vov Dylan and the Palace Orchestra for their string ensemble and composed in 2021
First performance: by Hooked on Flutes — 13 Apr 24. St Alfege Church, Greenwich London UK
Subjects
- Influenced by: Latin-American music
Performances of this work
13 Apr 24: St Alfege Church, Greenwich London UK . Featuring Hooked on Flutes.
18 Sep 22: Grand Hall at Mosman Art Gallery, NSW
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