Romantic violin & piano pieces

[akasimone]

First of all, so I don't seem too random, Hi   I lurk around here fairly often and enjoy reading everyone's posts (sometimes too much, and then I don't get any real work done...)  Anyway, I have stepped out from under my rock for a minute to ask for some input which I haven't been able to find just by searching the forums.

I have a friend who's a violinist, and we want to play something for fun together.  She's pretty good.  Based on the ratings of the music downloads available here, I'd say I'm around a grade 7/8, on a good day.  We both really like romantic-era music, which are of course a little more difficult...

Also, we'd like to perform for a music sorority of which I'm a member (she's not--yet )  The thing is, I'm a little wary that the piano parts in violin duets can come off as just accompaniments, which would make it much more my friend's performance than mine--which is fine, except that I'm the one whose membership requires her to perform once per semester.

So the issue is finding a piece that sort of "features" both of us a little bit... and isn't terribly difficult... and is romantic, if possible, because we are female and we basically cannot get enough of the 19th century in general

[go12_3]

You can go to a website  www.violinmasterclass, where you can become a member and ask about the romantic violin and piano pieces there also.   

best wishes.

go12_3

[ahinton]

There must be literally tens of thousands of instances that you could explore! If you're up for a real challenge, how about some 20th century candidates such as the monumental Sonata in A major by Joseph Marx or the three sonatas by Medtner?

Best,

Alistair

[Petter]

Why not something by Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn or Clara Schumann. I think they wrote for violin and piano both of them. At least Fanny Mendelssohn and there's some arrangements as well. I think the music deserves to be heard since they were overshadowed by men who were very reluctant to woman composing, although it's probably harder to find sheets for it.

[thalbergmad]

Not being a violinist and unaware of difficulty levels, i have always enjoyed the works of Sarasate.

His music never fails to charm.

Thal

[giannalinda]

I think Meditation from Thais is a good piece. Also Adoration by Felix Borowski. THats all i could reccomend...i dont play very many romantic pieces so im no expert but I like those 2 pieces..,good luck

[quirky]

You could try Fibich's Opus 10 Romance...

https://imslp.org/wiki/Romance%2C_Op.10_(Fibich%2C_Zden%C4%9Bk)

The piano accompaniement is demanding enough, around grade 7/8 standard I guess. Ficbich wrote some lovely music and is in my opinion sadly underplayed.