BORȘA: Romanian Folk Suite from the Maramures Region - Transylvania

BORȘA: Romanian Folk Suite from the Maramures Region - Transylvania

violin & piano

Lucien Moraru

SON ART

www.sonartedition.com

by Susan Pierotti

One play through this piece and you will probably want to visit the Maramures region to enjoy their festivities! (Parts of the Maramures region now lie within Ukraine where things are not so festive.) Moraru’s Borsa is an energetic, joyous five-minute piece with easy piano accompaniment. It begins with a simple, slow four-bar phrase ornamented with trills and mordents. A rollicking 6/8 section leads into a syncopated driving rhythm in the piano with rapid left-hand activity requiring dextrous fingers to articulate the numerous mordents, with chords and glissandi. It would be suitable for Grade 7 or above – great to end a concert with or as an encore. Here is a beautifully produced score, from the front cover with its images of traditional Romanian embroidery to clearly legible parts on quality thick paper within.

Stringendo (Australian Strings Association’s magazine) - October, 2022