Sonata
Op. 24
by Lowell Liebermann
Chamber Music - Sheet Music

Chamber Music Piano, Contrabass

SKU: PR.114408630

Op. 24. Composed by Lowell Liebermann. Sws. Premiered by Richard Frederickson, contrabass and Colette Valentine, piano at The Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC March 18, 1989. Set of Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Composed 1987. Opus 24. 20+8 pages. Duration 25 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #114-40863. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.114408630).

ISBN 9781491109298. UPC: 680160013166. 9 x 12 inches.

Premiered by Richard Frederickson, contrabass and Colette Valentine, piano at The Corcoran Gallery, Washington DC March 18, 1989 The Sonata for Contrabass and Piano Op. 24 was completed on Christmas Day 1987. It is dedicated to Richard Fredrickson, who gave the work its world premiere. The Sonata is in four sections which are played without pause. Each section makes use of a distinctive accompanying ostinato idea. The first section, marked Comodo, begins with a somewhat pastoral feeling, with a sarabande-like ostinato in the piano. The mood quickly becomes more agitated and leads to a group of chaconne-variations. The second section, Adagio, follows immediately; a slow and sustained nocturne whose melody makes use of the first few notes of the famous contrabass-solo from the fourth act of Verdi's Otello. After this, the third section, Presto, serves as a mordant and virtuosic scherzo. Forming a bridge between the third and fourth sections is a complete quotation of the Verdi passage. The fourth and final section is an abbreviated recapitulation of the opening section. The Verdi references are of no programmatic significance (and he is far from being a favorite composer;) rather they are incorporated for reasons of structural and motivic development.
Premiered byRichard Frederickson, contrabassand Colette Valentine, pianoat The Corcoran Gallery, Washington DCMarch 18, 1989The Sonata for Contrabass and Piano Op. 24 was completed on Christmas Day 1987.  It is dedicated to Richard Fredrickson, who gave the work its world premiere.  The Sonata is in four sections which are played without pause.  Each section makes use of a distinctive accompanying ostinato idea.  The first section, marked Comodo, begins with a somewhat pastoral feeling, with a sarabande-like ostinato in the piano.  The mood quickly becomes more agitated and leads to a group of chaconne-variations.  The second section, Adagio, follows immediately; a slow and sustained nocturne whose melody makes use of the first few notes of the famous contrabass-solo from the fourth act of Verdi’s Otello.  After this, the third section, Presto, serves as a mordant and virtuosic scherzo.  Forming a bridge between the third and fourth sections is a complete quotation of the Verdi passage.  The fourth and final section is an abbreviated recapitulation of the opening section.  The Verdi references are of no programmatic significance (and he is far from being a favorite composer;) rather they are incorporated for reasons of structural and motivic development.