Sonata
composer: György Ligeti
preface: György Ligeti
translator preface (English): Lindsay Chalmers-Gerbracht
translator preface (French): Denise Feider
for viola solo
Commissioned work: Die Sonate für Viola solo ist ein Kompostionsauftrag der Stadt Gütersloh (zusammen mit dem Festival d'Automne, Paris, und dem South Bank Centre, London)
Premiere: November 18, 1991 Wien (A) · Garth Knox, Viola (world première of the II. movement "Loop")
March 28, 1993 Genève (CH) · Jürg Dähler, Viola (world première of the III. movement "Facsar")
April 23, 1994 Gütersloh (D) · Tabea Zimmermann, Viola (world première of the complete work)
Publisher: Schott Music
Duration: 22' 0''
Year of composition: 1991/1994
Difficulty: Difficult
24 Pages - Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-001-11192-8
ISBN: 978-3-7957-9740-9
Order number: ED 8374
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Description
‘Apparently the viola is just a somewhat larger violin, simply tuned a fifth lower. In reality though, there is a world of difference between the two instruments.’ – The composer lends weight to his argument with this impressive ‘real’ viola piece: extreme high notes are avoided, indeed, one movement is played exclusively on the C string.
Performances
September 8th, 2012 - Takefu International Music Festival 2012
Echizen-shi Bunka Center - Fukui - Japan
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