Walk with Gershwin
Short Story, Lullaby and Walking the Dog for violin and viola.
Ernst-Thilo Kalke, who also publishes works for string quartet and other formations, has arranged three well-known melodies here for violin or viola and piano in a technically easy and stylistically appropriate manner. The keys of two pieces have been chosen differently for the two editions in order to optimize the tonal possibilities of violin and viola. The rhythmic subtleties - syncopations, triplets, dotted notes - are very clearly presented. It is often up to the performers to decide whether they want to stick to the ternary scheme or switch back to the binary. The piano part delivers the original rich harmonies without difficulty and also takes part in the melodic action.
George Gershwin, Promenade (Short Story, Lullaby, Walking the Dog) for violin and piano, arr. by Ernst-Thilo Kalke, BU 8123, € 12.00, Musikverlag Bruno Uetz, Halberstadt 2014
id., for viola and piano, BU 8126, € 12,00
