K.
26, Sonata in E-flat
Right
now I am trying to sift through works of contention. I am in period of Mozart’s life where various
pieces ascribed to him during his Hague months.
He was sick for some time, and downtime lent itself to composing. I was gone for the weekend, so it was hard to
sort through which piece to listen to next.
Thus, I choose a work of little debate, and a work lumped in with others
so I can comment further on their history in future blurbs. I want to find out more about Princess
Carolina, to whom K. 26-31 were dedicated.
The
first movement opens with an allegro molto. One hand of the harpsichord ticks
like a high paced metronome. Seems a
theme through out the piece. The first
movement flutters with hopeful anticipation. The second movement is an adagio
poco andante. This combination of tempos
is new to me. I learned the poco mean ‘a
little.’ What came to mind as I listened to this movement was a slow
tango. It has a dramatic attitude that
is followed with a surrendering sigh.
Like when my oldest son becomes defiant in cries, when I removed the
stimulus, he quickly caves in.
The
third movement is a rondo (allegro). I’ve
read that the entire work could be played with the keyboard alone, but this
movement leads me to wonder how that could be.
The two instruments dialogue in such a manner that would seem dead with one
instrument alone.
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