Double Sonata (for Two Violins & Piano)
Chamber Music
The Double Sonata is a work for two violins and piano centred on duality and contrast. The roles of leading voice and accompaniment constantly shift between the three instruments.
All three movements feature two strongly contrasting themes, each approaching their development in a different way.
The tension of the first movement resolves in a kind of anticlimax: a moment of great fragility followed by an almost unchanged reprise of the exposition, suggesting that nothing has changed.
The second movement intensifies the struggle between the themes until one gains the upper hand.
In the final movement, an energetic waltz, the two themes remain juxtaposed in distinct sections rather than being brought together.
