Violin and accompaniment

This double concerto for two violins and orchestra is dedicated to the most diverse aspects of togetherness in eleven miniatures. Humorous, thoroughly extra-musically motivated modes of relationship effortlessly lead the musical material into border... Read more

Sonata 1 for violin and piano was written in 1964 for Lane’s friend, Isabelle Wegmann (1907-1997), renowned concert violinist and violin pedagogue. Lane and Wegmann were life-long friends and musical collaborators. Like Lane, Wegmann also studied at... Read more

In This Particular Spring, Lane showcases a lyrical-seeking, dolce violin melody over a dramatic backdrop of echoing piano accompaniment. It is possible that Lane was inspired by the “éntekhno” Greek music popularized by Mikis Theodorakis and Manos... Read more

In June 1985, Richard Lane dedicated Serenade to his musician friends Ann M. and Roger (last names unknown). Lane constructed this piece on a clever canvas of letters=notes based on the last names of Ann and Roger to create the main thematic... Read more

In April 2004, Richard Lane wrote this Summer Song for violin and piano in anticipation of his traditional summer stay in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, where he met his many musician friends with whom he gave informal serenades.  His great qualities of... Read more

Each of these three movements represents a descriptive outline of a different musical character. In the Misterioso e espressivo, the piano and violin alternate extreme dynamics (pp to subito ff), in calm and violent passages, before vanishing in a... Read more

«When one remembers François Rauber, the first words which come to memory are elegance and sensitivity. His charming and imaginative use of musical colors expresses totally the love he had for that art. His violin concerto, lively, bouncing and... Read more

Richard Lane dedicated with pleasure smaller works to friends or students. All have his characteristic musical signature, a synthesis between charm and an exceptional sens for melodic and harmonic forms. Few are the composers able to write simple... Read more

Rückblick [Looking back] is a reconstructed version by the composer of a work which originally was subtitled "Elegia notturna". During the thirteen minute work, the solo violin, this instrument that symbolizes our highest cultural values, attempts... Read more

The four movements of this concerto, written in 1988 and first performed in Erevan in 1989 by virtuoso Rouben Aharonian, especially illustrate the expressive fugal characteristics of the great Armenian composer.
There is a superb recording of... Read more