Shostakovich: Viola Sonata

Includes accompaniments for:

1. Moderato

2. Allegretto

3. Adagio

The Viola Sonata Op.147 was the last piece Dmitri Shostakovich composed in 1975, the same year he died. The first movement begins with the viola playing a pizzicato solo passage before the piano joins in with a sparse accompaniment, creating a gloomy mood which permeates the whole movement. The second movement is a sardonic scherzo while the third movement contains notable quotes from other composers' works, including Beethoven's 'Moonlight' Sonata and Richard Strauss' Don Quixote.

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4 crotchet click-beats indicate pulse before viola enters

Bars 1-4 accompanied by minim click-beats while piano is silent

Bars 215-242: CUT in piano part - after bar 214, there are 8 seconds of silence in piano part, followed by 4 crotchet click-beats that lead into bar 242

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Bars 112-116: click-beats used to signify pulse

Bars 192-201: click-beats indicate help to signify pulse through this passage where piano is silent

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Note : Accompaniment begins in bar 13 - 2 minim click-beats set the pulse of bar 13, then viola chords played after 3rd and 4th click-beats respectively

Bars 28-30: minim click-beats indicate pulse

Bars 38-41:crotchet click-beats signify pulse through these 4 bars

Bars 44 and 45: minim click-beats indicate pulse

Bars 63-65: crotchet click-beats indicate pulse through these three bars

Bars 93-114: CUT - at bar 93 there is an 8 second silence in the piano part, then click-beats set pulse for bar 115, viola enters in bar 115 after 5th click-beat

Between bars 139 and 183, further crotchet click-beats are used to keep pulse whenever piano is silent or has long chords