Sonate de Concert pour violon n° 3 op. 100 (2020)

Description

The third Concert Sonata op 100 was composed during the fall of 2020. It is dedicated to the violinist Marianne Piketty. With a duration of 12 minutes, it offers three movements. The first movement, lasting 4 minutes, is based on an expressive theme that begins in the low medium part of the instrument. It is played almost recitatively. The central part (bars 16 to 47), proposes a development of each of the measures of the theme. For example: bars 16 to 20: expansion of the first bar, measure 21 to 28: development of the second measure. etc … The movement ends in a soft atmosphere. The second movement, lasting 4 minutes, takes the form of the Scherzo Trio: AB A’ The first part (bars 1 to 33) is dynamic and mixes arco writing and pizzicatis. A small central part (bars 12 to 16) let you hear the violin playing with guitar tones: arpeggiated pizz chords. The Trio (bars 34 to 62) develops the first bar of the Scherzo. It is expressive and has a wide amplitude. The return of the Scherzo is modified after the repetition of the first 7 bars and concludes the movement in a beautiful energy. The final, lasting 4 minutes, takes the form of a fugue. The theme is exposed four times, based on, at each of its entries on the open strings of the violin. A counter-subject supports the theme as soon as bar 4 is lifted. The development of the fugue (bars 14 to 47) makes us hear various compilations of the counterpoint (especially canons surrounding the theme, as in bar 31 ), but also entertainment derived from the subject’s material. The last part makes the subject hear (departure on E with the counter subject) and concludes the Sonata in great light.