Sonata No. 1 in F minor for violin and piano (Prokofiev)
The Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80 for violin and piano is a chamber music work by the Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev , which was composed between 1938 and 1946.
The . Sonata No. 1 f-Moll op 80 for violin and the piano. Strictly speaking Prokofiev second Violinsonate; He completed her composition two years after the Violin Sonata No. 2 op. 94a , which in turn is Prokofiev's transcribed Flute Sonata op. 94. The reason for the name is that the original sonata drafts (the beginning of the first movement, the exposition of the second movement and the themes of the third movement) were created between the compositions Alexander Newski and Semjon Kotko within a few days at the end of 1938 .
Prokofiev's desire to compose arose after hearing Handel's music in Teberda ; When he and a group of artists were evacuated to Nalchik for two years in August 1941 , he took a. a. started work on the first violin sonata with. The composition was not finished until 1946 at his country residence Nikolina-Gora. Prokofiev had dedicated the sonata to the violinist David Oistrach ; he was invited there immediately after the completion, Oistrakh commented on the sonata explained to them after rehearsals with the pianist Lev Oborin: I have never worked on a work so enthusiastically . The first performance of the sonata took place on October 23, 1946 in the Small Hall of the Moscow Conservatory; In 1947 the composer received the first-degree Stalin Prize for the first violin sonata. Oistrakh also suggested this work for Prokofiev's funeral because the work seemed best suited to its mood.
Musically, the sonata comes close to Prokofiev's film scores for Ivan the Terrible (1942–44) and Alexander Newski (1938); As in the first violin concerto, Prokofiev used tonal effects in the first violin sonata, from sharp sul ponticello and swinging pizzicati to muted, soft passages. "What is special about this sonata, however, is above all that Prokofiev succeeded in conveying an epic content of symphonic grandeur with the intimate form of the violin sonata."