Violin Part-Einstein On The Beach the opera from which Knee Play 4 was extracted was a seminal work that broke all the rules being non-linear non-narrative episodic dreamlike and five hours long.Knee Play 4 is one of the number songs composed for scene changes using numbers and solfege syllables as text.American composer Philip Glass is widely known as one of the most celebrated influential and prolific of the modern composers. He is frequently referred to as a minimalist though he prefers to call himself a composer of ‘music with repetitive structures.' Glass' operas among them therenowned Einstein On The Beach are performed across the globe and he has created work for small and large ensembles film and experimental theatre and founded his own performing group The Philip GlassEnsemble.This is the Violin part for the fourth Knee Play from Einstein On The Beach.

This Sonata for Solo Violin was completed in March 1944 and was Bartok’s penultimate work. It was composed for Yehudi Menuhin who gave the first performance in New York on 26th November 1944. At this time more than any other Bartok was writing less complex more minimal rhythms which served to highlight his glorious melodies. Typically for Bartok this is a satisfying if serious and solemn work but one that will delight with its virtuosic elements and interesting melodic movements.