Sonata concertante
- Instrumentation
- Cello, Piano
- Composed
- 1943
- Duration
- 23'
- Publisher
- Donemus
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About this piece
Rudolf Escher wrote his Sonata concertante for cello and piano in 1943, shortly after his orchestral work Musique pour l'esprit en deuil, and later revised it. Escher described these wartime works as the creative spirit's answer to the destructive violence of war and oppression; the virtuoso writing gives cello and piano equal, concertante roles. The three movements are an Allegro agitato, a Largo whose middle section builds a cello–piano dialogue to a climax, and a closing rondo. It is dedicated to Vilmos Palotai and lasts about 23 minutes.
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