Auld Lang Syne Variations (for piano quintet) - Digital (Not Printable)

for pf + vn.va.vc.db Variations1. Eine Kleine Nichtmusik2. Moonlight Concerto3. Chaconne a Son Gout4. Hommage to Shostakofiev NoteFor the traditional Jascha Heifetz New Years Eve party of December 31, 1948 my father composed Auld Lang Syne Variations. The music is based on Mozart’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik as it might have been composed by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, and Shostakovich/Prokofiev. The variations are four individual movements, each one presenting the theme in the style of a different composer — and each featuring the violin prominently. The first variation, “Eine Kleine Nichtmusik,” highlights Mozart’s trademark active bass line in the piano, and includes references to Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for violin and viola, among other works. The second movement, called “Moonlight Concerto,” opens with a quote from Beethoven’s most famous piano sonata and the second movement (Larghetto) of his violin concerto set against a dramatic rendition of the “Auld Lang Syne” theme, and inter