For Igor

for violin and piano

(1984) Duration: 2:00

PURCHASE

Two performance versions…

For Igor, a brief work for violin and piano, was written in homage to Igor Stravinsky, reflecting the work of his middle period, especially from the time of Duo Concertant for violin and piano from 1932, near the peak of his neoclassical explorations. For Igor takes as its deep structural material (not readily recognizable) the opening phrase of one of the pieces of Stravinsk’s Les Cinq Doigts (Five Fingers) piano suite, which was written in 1921, the beginning of Stravisky’s fascination with neoclassicism.

For Igor was also written as a small gift to Glenn Watkins, noted music historian and Stravinsky authority, whose extraordinary course on Stravinsky I had the honor of attending while I was a doctoral student at the University of Michigan.

– Steve Rouse