CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FOR VIOLIN

Contemporary violin music | Modern violin compositions | Violin sheet music for contemporary pieces | Unaccompanied Violin Music | Chamber Music for Violin | Violin Chamber Music | Violin and Piano | Vocal Music with Violin | Voice and Violin | Violin Repertoire | Contemporary Violin Pieces | Contemporary Violin Music | Modern Music for Violin

contemporary violin repertoire

UNACCOMPANIED VIOLIN MUSIC

SOLO

In Memoriam (Yizkor)

4' | solo violin

Contemporary solo violin music | Solo violin compositions | Violin sheet music for solo performances | Contemporary solo violin pieces | Modern unaccompanied violin compositions | Innovative solo violin scores | Avant-garde unaccompanied violin compositions | Solo violin masterpieces | 21st-century solo violin classics

VIOLIN CHAMBER MUSIC

Chamber

DUOS

Contemporary chamber music | Chamber music with violin | Modern chamber ensemble pieces | Violin in chamber music | Contemporary string quartets | Chamber music repertoire with violin | Original chamber music works featuring violin | Unique chamber music scores | Trendsetting chamber music with violin | Modernistic chamber music compositions | 21st-century chamber music masterpieces with violin

Capriccio

5' | flute and violin

Violin Sonata

18' | violin and piano

TRIOS/ QUARTETS / QUINTETS

Piano Trio

22' | violin, cello and piano

Voices from India
string quartet no. 1

17' | string quartet (2 violins, viola and cello)

Hope Cycles

string quartet no. 2

24' | string quartet (2 violins, viola and cello)

Whispered Questions

string quartet no. 3

17' | string quartet (2 violins, viola and cello)

Soliloquy

string quartet no. 4

17' | string quartet (2 violins, viola and cello)

Little Suite

12' | clarinet, violin, viola and cello

Piano Quintet

18' | piano, violins (2), viola and cello

V5 – Quintet for Vibraphone and String Quartet

for vibraphone and string quartet

17' | vibraphone, violins (2), viola and cello

CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

Quicksand

for Pierrot Ensemble

11' | bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano

Sextet

for Pierrot ensemble

22' | flute / piccolo/ bass flute, clarinet / bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano

Elegy for the Future

for Pierrot ensemble

13' | piccolo / alto flute; clarinet; violin; cello; percussion; piano

After a Tango

for chamber ensemble

16' | recorders (3), clarinet, trumpet, trombone, guitar, percussion, violin, double bass

Three Episodes for Chamber Ensemble

for chamber ensemble

12' | flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, percussion (1), piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass

VOCAL MUSIC WITH VIOLIN

VOCAL MUSIC WITH FLUTE

Bestiarius (The Book of Monsters and Creatures)

for alto/mezzo-soprano and ensemble

11' | alto / mezzo-soprano, flute + piccolo, clarinet, bassoon, violin, percussion (2), harpsichord

Contemporary vocal music with violin | Modern vocal ensemble pieces with violin | Vocal chamber music featuring violin | Innovative vocal and violin compositions | Cutting-edge vocal and violin duets | Progressive vocal music with violin accompaniment | New age vocal and violin sheet music | Experimental vocal pieces with violin | Avant-garde vocal and violin compositions | Original vocal and violin works | Unique vocal and violin scores

Found in a Train Station

for soprano and ensemble

11' 30" | soprano, mandolin, clarinet, violin, cello and piano

stage

STAGE MUSIC WITH VIOLIN

Beauty and the Beast

for narrator and ensemble

31' | actress, violins (2), viola, cello double bass and piano

The Little Mermaid

for actress and chamber ensemble / chamber orchestra

36' | actress, flute/piccolo, clarinet, percussion (1), two pianos and string quintet

OR

actress, flute/piccolo, clarinet, percussion (1), two pianos and string section

Sheet Music for Violin:

List of Key 20th–21st Century Violin Repertoire

Solo Violin

Béla Bartók – Sonata for Solo Violin – solo violin – 1944
Luciano Berio – Sequenza VIII – solo violin – 1976
Elliott Carter – Four Lauds – solo violin – 1984-2000
John Cage – Freeman Etudes – solo violin – 1977-1980
György Ligeti – Sonata for Solo Violin – solo violin – 1991-1994
Olivier Messiaen – Theme and Variations – solo violin – 1932
Igor Stravinsky – Elegy – solo violin – 1944
Toru Takemitsu – Hika – solo violin – 1966
Krzysztof Penderecki – Cadenza – solo violin – 1984
Brian Ferneyhough – Unsichtbare Farben – solo violin – 1999

Violin and Piano

Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 1 – violin and piano – 1938-1946
Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Sonata – violin and piano – 1968
Francis Poulenc – Violin Sonata – violin and piano – 1942-1943
Maurice Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2 – violin and piano – 1923-1927
Claude Debussy – Violin Sonata – violin and piano – 1916-1917
Alban Berg – Violin Sonata – violin and piano – 1910
Paul Hindemith – Violin Sonata in E – violin and piano – 1935
Aaron Copland – Violin Sonata – violin and piano – 1943
John Adams – Road Movies – violin and piano – 1995

Violin Chamber Works

Anton Webern – Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Op. 7 – violin and piano – 1910
George Crumb – Four Nocturnes – violin and piano – 1964
Karlheinz Stockhausen – Tierkreis – violin and piano – 1974-75
Harrison Birtwistle – Pulse Shadows – violin and ensemble – 1989-1996
Tania León – Axon – violin and ensemble – 2001
Kaija Saariaho – Nocturne – violin and electronics – 1994
Steve Reich – Different Trains – violin and tape – 1988
Tristan Murail – Tellur – violin and electronics – 1977
Helmut Lachenmann – Toccatina – violin and ensemble – 1986
Gérard Grisey – Anubis-Nout – violin and ensemble – 1983