Joelle Wallach

Runes & Ritual

Year: 2009

Duration (in minutes): 12'44"

Difficulty: High (professional)

Category: piano, piano trio (vln, vc, pno), small chamber ensembles - 2 to 4 players, string trio

Instruments: cello, piano, viola, violin

Publisher: Joelle Wallach

Publisher website: https://joellewallach.com/composition/runes-and-ritual/


Outside URL: https://joellewallach.com/composition/runes-and-ritual/

Video Links: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EIw_Tw3FsE


Score PDF: Runes-and-RitualSCORE.pdf

Purchase score URL: https://joellewallach.com/composition/runes-and-ritual/

Description: Runes and Ritual, commissioned by the James Piano Quartet, draws on the rich myth, magic and folklore embedded in the traditions of rural Virginia, where the James Piano Quartet had been in residence for several years. Runes and Ritual’s vivid narrative borrows from indigenous musical gestures – spirituals, hollers, hymn tunes, lullabies, folksongs and yelps – to transform and fuse them into a dramatic tapestry, engaging audiences – whether novices or chamber music aficionados – by evoking music’s own inexplicable magic.

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