Sonata for Solo Viola (2004)
Viola Solo - Sheet Music

Viola

SKU: BT.EMBZ14817

Composed by János Vajda. EMB Contemporary Music. Book Only. Composed 2012. 12 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ14817. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ14817).

This virtuoso concert piece was originally composed for viola in 2004. (The version for violoncello was written in 2006, and the version for violin in 2010.) As with other works by János Vajda, the well-proportioned structure of the solo sonata and its wealth of melodic invention alongside the presence of classical models is clearly perceptible, but conceived in a characteristically postmodern manner. The three movements represent three different characters: the dancing rhythm of the main theme reappears in the last movement as a lively toccata the middle movement, which abounds in pre-classical figurations, evokes the singing, fantasia-like slow movements of the 18thcentury. The two outer movements are based on the same theme, and the characteristic intervals of this musical idea recur in the slow movement as well. This work was premiered in 2004 by Katalin Kokas.

Diese virtuose Konzertsonate für Viola wurde 26 von Balazs Kantor uraufgeführt. Janos Vajda gelingt es scheinbar mühelos, mithilfe einer wohlproportionierten Struktur und großem musikalischen Einfallsreichtum sowohl klassische als auch postmoderne Elemente miteinander zu verweben. Drei abwechlungsreiche Sätze machen das Werk zu einer unverzichtbaren Bereicherung der Konzertliteratur für Viola solo. Auch in einer Version für Violine (EMBZ14816) und Violoncello (EMBZ14818) erhältlich.