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| Classical Composer: | Rihm, Wolfgang |
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| Work: | Violin Sonata |
| Year Composed: | 1975 |
| Instrumentation: | violin + piano |
| Publisher: | Manuscript |
| Duration: | 00:11:00 |
| Period: | Contemporary |
| Work Category: | Chamber Music |
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Originally composed as early as 1969 and first performed as Violinsonate, the piece in question was revised in 1971 as Duosonate and again in 1975 as Eine Violinsonate. Such changes indicate something of the differences in conception behind a work that, while it may not approximate to a violin sonata in the traditional sense of the term, follows in that lineage in many subtle particulars (in a manner akin to the three numbered symphonies Rihm composed during the same period). Sustained writing for violin near the top of its register is belatedly joined by piano, its trenchant chords punctuating the dialogue before it becomes more impetuous and begins to allude to archetypal gestures from across the history of the duo medium. Around the mid-point of the piece, the violin repeatedly focuses on a single note-in turn goading the piano into a headlong motion which presently subsides to leave sparse violin gestures offset by quiet piano chords. Although the music regains something of its earlier impetus, the dialogue remains largely subdued through to its peremptory close.
Writer: Richard Whitehouse
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