Bitter Suite

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    Clarinet in B-flat or A

  • Martin Bresnick
  • Editor: Lloyd Van't Hoff
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  • Accompaniment: Piano accompaniment
  • Format: Book with Insert
  • Catalog #: W2700
  • Publisher: Carl Fischer

  • Publisher: Carl Fischer Music/Theodore Presser
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Description

This work for violin and piano by Martin Bresnick is a play on the words “suite” and “bittersweet.” Each of the four movements is based on a Yiddish folk song, which in English translate to On the Road, My Resting Place, Black Cat, and Dona, Dona. Each of the four pieces is primarily based on a Jewish folk song, but re-envisions them in a modern context, akin to Bartok and Kodaly. The composer noted, “I found it a very challenging, yet touching way to remain in contact with some part of my own past that I don’t usually reveal.” The title references the difficult (bitter) and pleasant (sweet) aspects of experiencing the tumultuous history of a people through their folk music.