Elegy
for Violin and Piano
Elegy was composed in 2007, a gift to my wife Cathy, in memory of her much loved Grandmother Edith who passed away in February of that year.
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The music was intended only as an outpouring of love and sorrow, and it struck me only later, some years after Cathy and I had performed it many times, that the relationship between the violin and the piano somehow paralleled that of the grandchild and grandparent: the violin first leading and directing the piano, as a child might be guided by an adult; but later the roles reversed as piano leads violin - the adult becoming increasingly dependent on the child. There follows a moment of crisis - then there is peace. The imagery of the final section I did have clearly in mind at the time of composing, as that of a soul freed from pain and suffering, and able to dance once more.
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Listen on SoundCloud: Cathy Scott-Burt - violin, NSB - piano
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