{"id":37043,"date":"2026-04-27T16:13:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/imistore.mipo.co.il\/mpieces\/sonata\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T16:13:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T13:13:44","slug":"sonata-40","status":"publish","type":"mpieces","link":"https:\/\/www.imi.org.il\/en\/mpieces\/sonata-40\/","title":{"rendered":"Sonata"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-37043","mpieces","type-mpieces","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"Id":"3042","imi_number":"","published":"1","he_title":"Sonata","he_subtitle":"","composition":1672,"choir_composition":"","didactic":false,"is_child":false,"language":"","cover":"","main_creator":14409,"creators":[{"creator":14409,"mrole_name":"\u05de\u05dc\u05d7\u05d9\u05df","mrole_id":"1"}],"composer":14409,"mpiece_time":"21","year_writing":"2003","chapters":[{"mpiece_id":"3042","name":"I"},{"mpiece_id":"3042","name":"II"},{"mpiece_id":"3042","name":"III"},{"mpiece_id":"3042","name":"IV"}],"orchestration":"","transliteration":false,"level":"","youtube_link":"","spotify_link":"","book_link":"","products":[{"product":37045}],"he_desc":"<p><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">I have composed this sonata at the request of bassoonist Gili Sharett, for her debut at the Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall. She played my sonata there on Sunday, May 9, 2004. The pianist was the composer Noam Sivan.<\/span><span style=\"mso-spacerun:yes\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">The piano part, far from being mere accompaniment, is equal in importance to the bassoon part. Indeed, I would define my sonata as a <\/span><i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">dialogue<\/span><\/i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\"> between these two instruments, each speaking its typical idiom and presenting its proper technical resources, while merging with its counterpart into a new unity. It is next to impossible (at least for me) to define a piece of music in terms of <\/span><i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">expression<\/span><\/i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">, to explain in so many words what it \"means\", or what it is about. The only statement I can offer on this sonata is that its four movements represent four aspects of this dialogue, perhaps with a hint of sadness.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align:justify;direction:ltr;unicode-bidi:embed\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">The first, <\/span><i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">Moderato<\/span><\/i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">, flowing in a leisurely, dreamlike, pace, might perhaps evoke a reminiscence of a pastoral landscape, but not necessarily so. The livelier second movement, <\/span><i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">allegro non troppo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">, sounds more like a playful interchange of scraps of melody without any association attached to them. Just pure playfulness, like children. The third movement, <\/span><i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">Larghetto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">, Is the \"sad\" movement proper. Its long-drawn principal theme, marked <\/span><i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">espressivo<\/span><\/i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\"> and played alternatively by the bassoon and by the piano, gives the listener indeed more than a hint of sadness<\/span><i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\"> The accompanying syncopated rhythm lends it certain nervousness. The element of playfulness becomes more pronounced in the fourth movement, marked <\/span><i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">Allegro molto<\/span><\/i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">, but it is perhaps a sort of <\/span><i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">wry playfulness. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt\">I would not define it as \"bitter\" but it is certainly not sweet.<\/span><\/p>"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Sonata - Israel Music Institute<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imi.org.il\/en\/mpieces\/sonata-40\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sonata - Israel Music Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.imi.org.il\/en\/mpieces\/sonata-40\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Israel Music Institute\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-04-27T13:13:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.imi.org.il\/en\/mpieces\/sonata-40\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.imi.org.il\/en\/mpieces\/sonata-40\/\",\"name\":\"Sonata - 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