Thomas Daniel Schlee

Suite op. 82

A suite whose movements always deliver more than they seem to promise. However, the two instruments and their interpreters always behave like two people in very specific situations:

I.: The opening movement is reserved for the piano; its initially intimate, solitary cantilena builds up expectantly. Suddenly
II: the violin sounds. Its moving figures are heard as a solo, replacing the now silent piano.
III: "Passacaglia": the title is taken literally - the two instruments/persons meet on the street. Two pieces of music that meet at a certain point, recognize each other, but then move on again, each on its own.
IV: "Rondo": The two dance together. I had the image of people performing the sardana - a round dance - in front of Barcelona Cathedral in my mind's eye. Four themes in different time signatures circle incessantly between the two instruments.
V: "Fuga": Finally, nevertheless, panicked flight - again the title is taken at its word... Human, all too human...