Études V & VI

These are the start of a ‘Book Two’ of violin études, after my first four.
 

5 – This is why violinists practise scales: descending scales cascade down the instrument in an indistinct blur, moving upwards while travelling down, bits of the scales gradually falling off.

 

6 – Two, three, four-note chords descending in a baroque lament. Towards the end, things get a bit slidey.

Instrumentation:

solo violin

Duration:

5 mins

Performances:

24 Sep 2022

Darragh Morgan

Watchtower Gallery, Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK

 

3 Feb 2022

Darragh Morgan

London Sinfonietta YouTube live event, King’s Place, London, UK

 

1 Feb 2022 (No. 6 only)

Darragh Morgan

Chapel Royal, Brighton, UK

 

6 Dec 2021

Darragh Morgan

London Sinfonietta private event, King’s Place, London, UK

World premiere