Violin and piano
SKU:
FG.042-08516-5
Composed by Jean
Sibelius. Published by
Fennica Gehrman
(FG.042-08516-5).
ISBN
979-0-042-08516-5.
The F major sonata is the
last and the most
developed of all the
works Sibelius wrote
during his youth for his
own instrument, the
violin. It was completed
in the summer of 1889 in
Loviisa and premiered
there the same year at a
charity gala. During his
youth Sibelius looked to
the music of Grieg, which
is clearly to be heard in
this work - not only in
the melodies or harmonies
but also in the formal
structure, which is more
romantically oriented
than that of many early
works from Sibelius's
youth, which are more
closely tied to the
classical tradition. In
the andante Sibelius
introduces aspects of
folk music for the first
time, thereby
anticipating the Finnish
stamp of many of his
pieces from the
1890's.
