Solo violin miniature
Speak, Memory
for Violin Solo
A compact solo violin work composed in 2010, published by Sikorski and available through Boosey & Hawkes.
Structure
One movement. A brief solo violin work whose title evokes memory as voice, image, trace and return.
Form
Speak, Memory is a single-movement work for solo violin. Its concentrated scale places it close to the world of the encore, the musical fragment and the remembered image.
The official solo-violin version is listed by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski with a duration of approximately three minutes.
Work Information
The Work
Speak, Memory is a short solo violin work from 2010. Its title suggests memory not as passive recollection, but as something that speaks: an interior voice, a remembered line, a trace brought into sound.
In the context of Auerbach’s solo violin catalogue, the work stands beside the larger cycles Lonely Suite, par.ti.ta and T’filah as a concentrated miniature.
- Form One movement.
- Duration Approximately 3 minutes.
- Forces Solo violin.
Context
The solo-violin version is recommended by Boosey & Hawkes in Christine Bernsted’s Naxos recording. The same title is also widely known through Hilary Hahn and Cory Smythe’s recording in In 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores, a related violin-and-piano context that helped bring the work to wider public attention.
This page presents the official Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski listing for the solo violin version. Related recordings and video materials are gathered below in Online Materials.
Online Materials
Public recording, streaming, video and reference links related to Speak, Memory. Listening and video materials are gathered here only, separate from publisher and sales links above.
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Boosey recordingSpeak, Memory Boosey & Hawkes
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Naxos album
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Spotify albumSpeak, Memory Spotify
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Apple ClassicalSpeak, Memory Apple Music Classical
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Spotify trackSpeak, Memory Spotify
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Recording listingSpeak, Memory Recordings Presto Music
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DG albumIn 27 Pieces: The Hilary Hahn Encores Deutsche Grammophon
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YouTube / relatedSpeak, Memory · Search YouTube
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Concert contextHilary Hahn and Lera Auerbach at Wigmore Hall Wigmore Hall
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ReviewHahn and Smythe in Bach and Auerbach Chicago Classical Review
Publisher and Materials
Published by Boosey & Hawkes / Sikorski. The score is listed as available for sale and offered as print on demand through Boosey & Hawkes. Recording and video links are kept separately in the Online Materials section above.
