The sonata premiered with Grieg himself at the piano with well-known violinist Adolph Brodsky in Leipzig. The work was also a personal favorite of Grieg's. The sonata remains the most popular of the three works, and has established itself in the standard repertoire. Whereas the first two sonatas were written in a matter of weeks, this sonata took him several months to complete. Grieg began composing his third and final violin sonata in the autumn of 1886. First movement Introduction (G minor)Īudio playback is not supported in your browser. Grieg, reportedly, in defiance claimed that his next sonata would be even more Norwegian. When Grieg presented the sonata to his teacher Niels Gade, he proclaimed the work "too Norwegian" and professed that his next sonata should be less Norwegian. On the second sonata, Schjelderup remarked: it is "the gift to the world of a man who has also shivered in the cold mists of night." Also, due to the sonata's tragic qualities, he considered the piece more Norwegian than the first sonata and "a Norway without tragedy is not a complete Norway." This sonata was dedicated to Norwegian composer and violinist Johan Svendsen. The violin's opening theme in the first movement: Ĭoncerning the piece, Norwegian composer Gerhard Schjelderup commented: it is "the work of a youth who has seen only the sunny side of life." Despite this, many sections of the work are quite dark and turbulent. The piece was composed shortly after his only piano sonata was completed that same summer. Grieg composed this sonata in the summer of 1865 while on holiday with Benjamin Feddersen in Rungsted, Denmark, near Copenhagen.
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