The initial inspiration for the Sonatina for Cello and
Piano came in 2010 with a general call to composers for
5-minute pieces for cello and piano. That resulted in
what became the Trio's Finale, and the Prelude and
Fugue movements were composed in 2012 as companion
pieces. Subtitled “Nostalgia,” the first movement
reflects a definite “Romantic” melodic sensibility.
The second movement begins with a 12-tone fugal
exposition, but the subject is then “transposed”
into the movement’s...(+)
The initial inspiration for the Sonatina for Cello and
Piano came in 2010 with a general call to composers for
5-minute pieces for cello and piano. That resulted in
what became the Trio's Finale, and the Prelude and
Fugue movements were composed in 2012 as companion
pieces. Subtitled “Nostalgia,” the first movement
reflects a definite “Romantic” melodic sensibility.
The second movement begins with a 12-tone fugal
exposition, but the subject is then “transposed”
into the movement’s home key of B minor; in a
further departure from traditional fugal technique, the
episodes between statements of the subject are more
lyrical than developmental.
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