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Brian
Elias
ROUNDEL
for violin and piano (2024)
CHESTER MUSIC
First performed at St. Mary’s Church, West Malling on 25th September 2025 by Thomas Kemp and Huw Watkins.
Duration c. 9 minutes
Order No. CH88458
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COMPOSER’S NOTE
The Oxford English Dictionary has the following definitions of ROUNDEL: “A circle drawn, marked out, or formed in any way. Something forming a ring or a circle…A small circular object; a little disk or rounded piece…A rondeau or rondel…A round dance.”
This short piece for violin and piano follows the idea of a circle in the way that motifs and sections get repeated and return, sometimes in different contexts. The work begins with slow, decorated melody; the middle section consists of two strophes, the second being a variation of the first. The final section sees a return to the slow music of the beginning and then gathers pace at the very end towards a quiet but abrupt conclusion.
ROUNDEL is dedicated to Thomas Kemp.
Brian Elias December2024
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Subitopocomenomosso q.=ca.76–80