Cello Sonata in F major, Op. 67
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Composed
- 1905
- Duration
- 19'
- Publisher
- Éditions Fortin-Armiane
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About this piece
Bonis composed her cello sonata in Paris in 1905; it was published that year by Demets, dedicated to the critic Maurice Demaison, and first performed on 14 February 1906. Edition Silvertrust notes that she adopted the cyclic form favoured by her teacher César Franck while following her own harmonic path. Interlude describes the work as tender and elegiac, with an especially lovely slow movement in which the cello sings in its tenor range, and a finale full of ardour in which the piano's rippling passagework alternates with the cello.
Technical overview
Three movements (Moderato quasi Andante – Allegretto; Très lent; Final: Moderato molto – Allegro con fuoco). The cello line lies largely in the tenor register, implying tenor-clef reading; the finale demands drive and projection against a busy piano part. Cyclic recall of themes across movements.