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Sonata , op. 87, for Viola solo

Instrument List
Viola
Year (created)
1999
Classification
Original Instrumentation
Directory, No.
op. 87
Playing time approx.
24 Min.
Difficulty level
Professional
Informationen
This sonata for viola solo was composed in 1999. The C-string of the solo instrument is tuned a semitone lower for the entire piece in order to give the piece a darker timbre and to define the melodic/harmonic form from the very first bars, which runs through all four movements of the work. This sonata for viola solo was composed in 1999. The C-string of the solo instrument is tuned a semitone lower for the entire piece in order to give the piece a darker timbre and to define the melodic/harmonic form from the very first bars, which runs through all four movements of the work.
Content
I - 'somewhat slow and thoughtful' gradually expands the opening idea into cantilena and pattern, as foreplay to II - Vivacissimo - to play tempered all the time, this movement is a 'Tremolando Tarantella' with contrasting parts, chunky double stops alternating with something gigue-like. III - adagio - is rhapsodic and almost improvisatory, contains a simple, independent melody and combines with IV - where the gigue-like material from the scherzo forms the main substance and continues to develop into a fervent cantabile, not only to calm down again for this movement in the coda, but also in his reminiscence of I also brings the sonata as a whole to rest. I - 'somewhat slow and thoughtful' gradually expands the opening idea into cantilena and pattern, as foreplay to II - Vivacissimo - to play tempered all the time, this movement is a 'Tremolando Tarantella' with contrasting parts, chunky double stops alternating with something gigue-like. III - adagio - is rhapsodic and almost improvisatory, contains a simple, independent melody and combines with IV - where the gigue-like material from the scherzo forms the main substance and continues to develop into a fervent cantabile, not only to calm down again for this movement in the coda, but also in his reminiscence of I also brings the sonata as a whole to rest. IV - where the gigue-like material from the scherzo forms the main substance and continues to develop into a fervent cantabile, not only to calm down again for this movement in the coda, but also in his reminiscence of I also brings the sonata as a whole to rest.
Genres
Viola solo, Sonata, Viola solo, Sonata
Publisher
Umschlag / CoverUmschlag / Cover
Edition: Boosey & Hawkes, 1999
Seite 1 / Page 1Seite 1 / Page 1
Edition: Boosey & Hawkes, 1999
Rückseite / Back sideRückseite / Back side
Edition: Boosey & Hawkes, 1999
Umschlag / Cover 2Umschlag / Cover 2
Edition: Boosey & Hawkes, 1999
Sonata , op. 87, for Viola solo