Romance for violin en piano

...en ook weemoedigheid die niemand kan verklaren en die des avonds komt, wanneer men slapen gaat. (Willem Elsschot)
[...and also melancholy that no one can explain and that comes in the evening, when one is going to sleep.]

Opus 120

History

• The romance was completed on 18 November 1991.
• Composed for the violin class of Jenny Spanoghe.
• The first performance took place on 25 April 1992 in the Blue Hall of deSingel in Antwerp in the concert series Opus 92. The performers were Ann-Sophie and Stefaan Vande Ginste. The violinist played on a violin built by Walter Legley.

Music

• instrumentation: violin and piano
• duration: ca 4'30"

Parts

• Andante ma non troppo, leggiero e grazioso
  • time signature: 4/4
    

Sources

• autograph: Royal Conservatory Brussels (B-Bc), shelf number BV-03-4079
• first edition (score and violin part): Euprint, Heverlee, 1992