Robin Holloway(1943)1943-10-19Leamington Spa, United Kingdommale
Sonata , op. 87, for Viola solo
https://music4viola.info/work-info/1/Holloway%20R./sonata-op-87-for-viola-solo
Classification
Original Instrumentation
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
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