His Nationalistic spirit rises through the music like a last defiant gesture against the German war machine. The intensity of emotion is at times almost overwhelming in this sonata.ĭebussy was deeply affected by the horrors of the First World War that raged whilst he composed. Unlike the expansive Brahms Sonata, Debussy’s work is concise consisting of only three relatively brief movements. His cancer had worsened in the previous year and his plans to write a set of six sonatas never came to fruition. It was to be the last piece he would compose. Violin Sonata in G Minor by Claude Debussyĭebussy completed this work in 1917. In many ways, the third movement serves as a lead in to the finale that is meticulously constructed in spite of its overtly romantic flavour.ģ.
There is a tightly controlled feel to the entire composition even in the fiery intensity of the finale.Īlthough the opening movement has a brilliant and dazzling development section, for me the intimacy and lyricism of the second movement make it my favourite. Brahms handles the structure of each movement precisely. The Sonata also looks back to the earlier Brahms with passion and enthusiasm that the earlier sonatas perhaps lacked. This is late-period Brahms and the music is rich with tension and drama. This final contribution to the Violin and Piano repertoire Brahms saw fit to write in four movements as opposed to the three-movement structure he adopted with the previous sonatas. 108) by Johannes Brahmsīrahms composed three sonatas for this combination of instruments, this being the last competed in 1888. The conclusion of the movement is somewhat mysterious and a fitting finish to this magnificent work.Ģ. Beethoven lightens the mood in this movement although there is a feeling of unrest throughout the piece. This Andante is masterfully handled and lead into the Presto final movement. The second movement is a set of Variations a musical form Beethoven was a master of. The pairing of violin and piano is very equal with the dynamic range and compass of each fully tested. Beethoven devotes considerable musical time to the exploration of melodic motifs in amongst the virtuosic writing.
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The opening movement, full of disquiet and dissonance really evades the tonal centre of A major until the development is underway. In the architecture of the composition is immense and singularly impressive amongst Beethoven’s catalogue of works. Unfortunately, this happy relationship was not destined to last when affairs of the heart intervened and Beethoven decided he would prefer to dedicate the work to the French violinist Rudolph Kreutzer.
The first dedicatee of this famous sonata was a brilliant violinist called George Bridgetower. Beethoven himself referred to the Sonata as a piece that should be treated more like a concerto which indicates the level of virtuosity he intended. This Sonata is the ninth of the set and probably one of the most played and the most notoriously difficult to perform convincingly. Beethoven composed quite extensively for the violin and piano completing ten Sonatas in his lifetime.
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