Violin Sonatina (Sibelius)
| Violin Sonatina in E major | |
|---|---|
| Duo by Jean Sibelius | |
 The composer (c. 1915) | |
| Opus | 80 |
| Composed | 1915 |
| Publisher | Hansen (1921)[1] |
| Duration | 12.25 mins[2] |
| Premiere | |
| Date | 6 December 1915[1] |
| Location | Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland |
| Performers |
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The Violin Sonatina in E major, Op. 80, is a three-movement duo for violin and piano[2] written in 1915 by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. The main theme of the third movement was originally intended for the Sixth Symphony (Op. 104).[3]
History
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The Violin Sonatina received its premiere in Helsinki, Finland on 6 December 1915, on occasion of the semi-centennial of Sibelius's birth (during which there were many concerts celebrating the composer); the soloists were the Polish-American violinist Richard Burgin and the Finnish pianist Eino Lindholm. Also on the program was the String Quartet in B-flat major (Op. 4, 1890), the suite for solo piano Kyllikki (Op. 41, 1904), and the String Quartet in D minor, Voces intimae (Op. 56, 1909).[1]
Structure and music
[edit]The Violin Sonatina is in three movements, as follows:
- Lento – Allegro
- Andantino
- Lento – Allegretto
The piece was published in 1921 by Edition Wilhelm Hansen.[1]
Movement I
[edit]The first movement begins in 4
4 time before switching to 2
2 for the Allegro. It has a duration of about 3.75 minutes.[4]
Movement II
[edit]The second movement is in 6
4 time and has a duration of about 4.5 minutes.[4]
Movement III
[edit]The third movement begins 4
4 time before switching to 2
4 at the Allegretto. It has a duration of about four minutes.[4]
Discography
[edit]The American violinist Diana Steiner and the pianist David Berfield made the world premiere studio recording of the Violin Sonatina in 1977 for Orion.[1] The sortable table below lists this and other commercially available recordings:
| No. | Violin | Piano | Runtime[a] | Rec.[b] | Recording venue | Label | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diana Steiner | David Berfield | 11:54 | 1977 | Orion | ||
| 2 | Ruggiero Ricci | Sylvia Rabinof | 10:22 | 1979 | St. Andrew's Church | Masters of the Bow | |
| 3 | Yoshiko Arai (1) | Izumi Tateno | 11:50 | 1980 | Munkkivuoren kirkko | Finlandia | |
| 4 | Yoshiko Arai (2) | Eero Heinonen | 1988 | Kulttuuritalo Martinus | Ondine | ||
| 5 | Nils-Erik Sparf | Bengt Forsberg | 12:51 | 1991 | Danderyds gymnasium | BIS | |
| 6 | Kaija Saarikettu | Teppo Koivisto | 12:15 | 2001 | Martti Talvela Hall, Mikaeli | Alba | |
| 7 | Manfred Gräsbeck | Maija Lehtonen | 14:23 | 2005 | Tulinberg Hall, Oulun musiikkikeskus | Fuga | |
| 8 | Carlos Damas | Anna Tomasik | 11:34 | Etcetera | |||
| 9 | Satu Jalas | Folke Gräsbeck | 2014 | Ainola | Ainola | ||
| 10 | Fenella Humphreys | Nicola Eimer | 11:22 | 2016 | Church of St John the Evangelist, Oxford | Stone | |
| 11 | Maxime Gulikers | Andrea Vasi | 7 Mountain | ||||
| 12 | Emma Arizza | Stefano Marzanni | 13:34 | 2022 | Palazzo Cigola-Martinoni, Cigole | Da Vinci Classics |
Notes, references, and sources
[edit]- Notes
- ^ All runtimes are official, as printed on CD or LP liner notes.
- ^ Refers to the year in which the performers recorded the work; this may not be the same as the year in which the recording was first released to the general public.
- ^ D. Steiner & D. Berfield–Orion (ORS 76244) 1977
- ^ R. Ricci & S. Rabinof–Masters of the Bow (MBS 2009–10) 1979
- ^ Y. Arai & I. Tateno–Finlandia (FA 322) 1981
- ^ Y. Arai & E. Heinonen–Ondine (ODE 720–2) 1988
- ^ N. Sparf & B. Forsberg–BIS (CD–525) 1991
- ^ K. Saarikettu & T. Koivisto–Alba (ABCD 167) 2001
- ^ M. Gräsbeck & M. Lehtonen–Fuga (FUGA 9198) 2005
- ^ C. Damas & A. Tomasik–Etcetera (KTC1564) 2016
- ^ S. Jalas & F. Gräsbeck–Ainola (AINOLA–01) 2015
- ^ F. Humphreys & N. Eimer–Stone (5060192780826) 2018
- ^ M. Gulikers & A. Vasi–7 Mountain (7MNTN032DIG) 2021
- ^ E. Arizza & S. Marzanni–Da Vinci Classics (C00739) 2023
- References
- ^ a b c d e Dahlström 2003, p. 349.
- ^ a b Dahlström 2003, p. 348.
- ^ Barnett 2007, p. 249.
- ^ a b c Dahlström 2003, p. 448.
- Sources
- Barnett, Andrew (2007). Sibelius. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-11159-0.
- Dahlström, Fabian [in Swedish] (2003). Jean Sibelius: Thematisch-bibliographisches Verzeichnis seiner Werke [Jean Sibelius: A Thematic Bibliographic Index of His Works] (in German). Wiesbaden: Breitkopf & Härtel. ISBN 3-7651-0333-0.
External links
[edit]- Violin Sonatina, Op. 80: Scores at the International Music Score Library Project
