Violin Sonata - "Moonlife"
Instrumentation: Violin and Piano
Duration: 15:30
Listen on YouTube to the first movement.
PDF of Score and Parts included.
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Program Notes:
Violin Sonata in E minor explores traditional form through a fusion-jazz harmonic idiom. The title of each movement is meant to evoke reverberations of the mind without a specific programmatic element. "Moonlife" journeys through a series of sentimental grooves, finally settling on a perpetual drive reminiscent of old-time fiddle licks, of which the composer is quite familiar. The second movement is a remote observation of a lover's emotions, contrasting passionate fluidity with spacious etherealness. Rays and beams permeate the final movement, which is full of square harmonies and syncopated rhythms.