Ken Benshoof
Rondo
for Viola and Harpsichord
Ken Benshoof
Rondo
for Viola and Harpsichord
- Instrumentation Viola and Piano
- Composer Ken Benshoof
- Edition Piano Score and Part(s)
- Publisher Alry Publications
- Order no. METRO-VAP04
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Description:
Ken Benshoof's Rondo for Viola and Harpsichord, written in 1969 and in Benshoof's early style, nonetheless exhibits distinct facets of his later musical language - clever and rhythmically-driven ideas interspersed with musical moments of stretched time, with viola and harpsichord sharing notes in a particularly intriguing conversation. The Rondo itself might be considered a quirky transmutation of folksong material, played bracingly (and occasionally virtuosically) against a tongue-in-cheek harpsichord. The in-between moments, though still with rhythm, take on an eerie cast, and both instruments display a show of tone color against strange plainchant in the depths of the harpsichord.