{"id":808,"date":"2013-05-02T19:36:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-02T19:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=808"},"modified":"2026-02-03T10:16:33","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:16:33","slug":"variations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=808","title":{"rendered":"Karim Al-Zand: Music: Variations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"columns-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"two-columns\">\n<h2>Variations<\/h2>\n<h5>on a theme of Bart\u00f2k for viola &amp; piano<\/h5>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"left alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/bartok.jpg\" alt=\"image\" \/> <span class=\"drop-caps\">T<\/span>he piece is a short \u2018theme and variations\u2019 using as its theme a melody from Bela Bart\u00f2k\u2019s <i>Concerto for Orchestra<\/i>. The first tune heard in the <i>Intermezzo<\/i> movement of that work is a lilting, folk-like melody that alternates measures of four and five beats. Bart\u00f2k\u2019s melody is remarkable in that it has very little harmonic motion and quite limited pitch material, occasionally repeating a pattern of only three or four notes. Consequently, the five variations of the piece are, in a sense, \u2018metric variations,\u2019 since they focus on exploring contrasting rhythmic patterns, layered between the parts.<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<p>SCORE + RECORDING VIDEO<\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6T309MR5tjI' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/br><\/p>\n<div class=\"pricing-box three-columns\">\r\n          <h4><span>purchase score &amp; parts<\/span><\/h4><span class=\"price\"> <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=4372\" class=\"button\"><span>Learn More<\/span><\/a> <\/div>\n<div class=\"pricing-box three-columns\">\r\n          <h4><span>purchase CD recording<\/span><\/h4><span class=\"price\"> <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/the-art-of-conversation\/id616424652\" class=\"button\"><span>Learn More<\/span><\/a> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"two-columns nomargin\">\n<p>DATE<br \/>\n2002<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<p>DURATION<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<p>INSTRUMENTATION<br \/>\nviola, piano<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<p>PREMI\u00c8RE<br \/>\nJanuary 30, 2003, Duncan Recital Hall, Houston TX<br \/>\nSheldon Person, viola | Jeffrey Neufeld, piano<\/br><\/br><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>AUDIO<br \/>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e1de563374e9.07414397\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e1de563374e9.07414397','http:\/\/alzand.com\/variations.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e1de563374e9.07414397');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e1de563374e9.07414397\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e1de563374e9.07414397','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e1de563374e9.07414397');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div> MP3<br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>SCORE<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Variations_SCORE.pdf\">PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Variations on a theme of Bart\u00f2k for viola &amp; piano The piece is a short \u2018theme and variations\u2019 using as its theme a melody from Bela Bart\u00f2k\u2019s Concerto for Orchestra. The first tune heard in the Intermezzo movement of that work is a lilting, folk-like melody that alternates measures of four and five beats. 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