Sonata

Description

Viola, Piano — Martin Amlin'sxa0SONATA for Viola and Pianoxa0was written for Patricia McCarty and premiered by her and the composer in 1987.xa0 All three movements are unified by a recurring six-note pattern (C-Eb-Bb-F-G-Bb) which is used throughout the piece as a basis for the repetitive harmonic plan of the Chaconne, as a nostalgic reminiscence in the Interlude, and as a thematic element for a mixed-meter hoedown in the Rondo.