HENLE HALVORSEN Passacaglia, Sarabande Con Variazioni After Handel, Violin & Viola

Urtext Edition, paperbound String Duos, String Trios with marked and unmarked performing scores Pages 53 (VII+18+14+14), Size 23,5 x 31,0 cm Weight 257 g HN 1670 · ISMN 979-0-2018-1670-8 Johan Halvorsen’s virtuoso “Passacaglia” for violin and viola, freely adapted after Handel, is an indispensable encore in the concert halls. The Norwegian composer, conductor and violinist wrote this duo in 1893. In the Henle Urtext it appears together with its sibling work, the “Sarabande con Variazioni” from 1898, another bravura piece on a theme by Handel. The fingerings and bowings in the two performance scores of the Urtext edition come “from a single source”, from violin and viola virtuoso Henning Kraggerud. Halvorsen’s original markings are available in the Henle Library app. A knowledgeable preface by Halvorsen expert Øyvin Dybsand rounds off the edition.