Violin Sonatina in E major | |
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Duo by Jean Sibelius | |
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 |
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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]
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]
The Violin Sonatina is in three movements, as follows:
The piece was published in 1921 by Edition Wilhelm Hansen.[1]
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]
The second movement is in 6
4 time and has a duration of about 4.5 minutes.[4]
The third movement begins 4
4 time before switching to 2
4 at the Allegretto. It has a duration of about four minutes.[4]
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. |
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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 |