GEORGE PARKER (Baritone)
ADILA FACHIRI (Violin)
KATHLEEN LONG (Pianoforte)
ADILA FACHIRI and KATHLEEN LONG
THIS violin Sonata is in three movements.
The first begins with a bold, self-confident tune, and is laid out on big and robust lines, although here and there are moments of tranquility and of tenderness.
The second movement is called ' Romance ' ; it begins with a rather dreamy passage, and only after some hesitation does it settle down to an easily recognizable melody. A little return of the mysterious beginning rounds off the movement.
The last movement, like the first, is again mainly strenuous and full of power, although it, too, has its quieter and more meditative passages.