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FILM THEMES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO op.729 (April 2022)
Instrumentation: Violin and piano[Key to Abbreviations]
Duration: 23 mins
All sheet music for "The Snowman" and "Walking In The Air" since 2010 is published and available from Chester Music Ltd, part of The Music Sales Group, www.chesternovello.com It can be purchased online from MusicRoom.com, or from music retailers.
"Walking In The Air" is also available in a concert piano-only version arranged by the composer direct from Highbridge Music as part of the collection of piano pieces called "Lifecycle", available form Amazon or from Highbridge Music.
Recordings Available
Howard Blake describes 25 years of The Snowman animated film and 10 years of The Snowman Stage Show at Sadler's Wells Peacock Theatre in London's West End and plays "Walking in the Air". View the recording here.
The classic original Columbia album conducted by Howard Blake with treble soloist Peter Auty and narration by Bernard Cribbins is available from Sony Music Entertainment CDX71116CD, Amazon and retailers.
The 2010 DVD film of The Snowman Live Stage Show narrated by Joanna Lumley is available from Sony Music Entertainment, CDR 81267; also from Amazon and retailers.
Notes
PROGRAMME:
VIOLIN SONATA FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO opus 169, c.24 mins, composed 1973 in Cuckfield, Sussex for violinist Jack Rothstein and first performed in Forsyth’s Barn, Ansty, Sussex in 1973 by himself and the composer as pianist.
1. Allegro Moderato
2. Lento Espressivo
3. Vivace
1. Laura - theme from Ridley Scott’s film ‘The Duellists’ starring Harvey Keitel and Albert Finney 1977
2. The Music Box - theme from the Peter Medak film ‘The Changeling’ starring George C. Scott 1979
3. Dulcibella - theme from ‘The Riddle of the Sands’ starring Michael York and Francesca Annis 1978
4. Romance - theme from the film ‘Agatha’ starring Dustin Hoffman and Vanessa Redgrave 1979
5. Gentlefolk - theme from a BBC ‘Play of the Month’ starring Denholm Elliot and Rosalie Crutchley 1979
6. Walking in the Air – theme from Diane Jackson’s brilliant Oscar-winning animated film ‘The Snowman’ 1982
(All extracted from film music scores composed by Howard Blake.)
Related Works
'SIX ROMANTIC PIECES FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO'
op.407b
(April 2018)
Rearrangement for violin of the work for clarinet and piano opus 407
Rearrangement for violin of the work for clarinet and piano opus 407