Cello sonata No 1 (Fauré)
The Cello sonata No. 1 in D minor Op 109 is the first of the two cello sonatas by Gabriel Fauré. Composed in 1917 at Saint-Raphaël and Paris, it was premiered on 10 November 1917 by Gérard Hekking as the cellist and Alfred Cortot as the pianist. At the same concert, the Cello sonata No. 2 was also premiered. The dedicatee of the work was cellist Louis Hasselmans, who gave a second hearing at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in 1918.
Structure
- Allegro (3/4). The movement has the sonata form with two themes.
- Andante (3/4, in G minor)
- Finale: Allegro commodo (4/4, in D minor)
- The execution duration is twenty minutes.
Source
- Tranchefort, François-René (1989). Guide de la musique de chambre. Les indispensables de la musique (in French). Paris: Fayard. p. 322. ISBN 2-213-02403-0.
External links
- Gabriel Fauré Cello Sonata No. 1 In D Minor Op. 109 on YouTube
- Sonata for cello piano No. 1 in D minor Op 109 on AllMusic
- Sonate pour violoncelle nº 1 en ré mineur, op.109 on Hypérion
- FAURÉ - Tortelier - Sonate pour violoncelle et piano n°1 en ré mineur op. 109 on Melomania
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