This is the final movement of four, of my Sonatina for viola and piano.
It's something a bit different from what I normally write, it's considerably more "tonal" and light-hearted. I also held back a bit on the technical difficulties, befitting its nomenclature as a "sonatina" rather than a "sonata".
It's a Rondo, with a light little theme as its ritournello.
The interludes are varied, the first keeps up the momentum of the main theme with rolling 16ths in the piano but overlays more melodic material in the solo.
The return of the ritournello melts out of the 1st interlude, and suddenly shifts gears to a slower tempo. The impressionistic 2nd interlude follows, with a "gurgling brook" accompaniment in the piano.
The next ritournello is very brief, and introduces a slow, contemplative section over a repetitive accompaniment.
The ritournello pops up once more, this time in the piano, over figurations in the viola, as the drive to the final coda and cadence begins.
The Rondo finale
I hope some of you enjoy this. I'm hoping to interest some younger violists into performing it.
Here are links to the previous two movements:
the Scherzo
a traditional little scherzo, a bit more dissonant perhaps than its surrounding movements.
and the Adagio
a very simple long-winded melody (damn those long lyrical themes are hard to write), with a contrasting middle section in a more ethereal mood.
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