Jean Marie Leclair (1697 1764) Violin Sonata in D, Op. 9 No.

3
(13 00)
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.

Un poco andante
Allegro Adagio
Sarabande. Largo
Tambourin. Presto
A well-recognized violinist whom being referred to as

The Corelli of France is none other than Jean Marie

Leclair. Born in the family of lacemaking which an art he
inherited, he had wrote many fine music in the18th
century. In his youth he had mastered dance and the violin
playing. He travelled to Turin (Italy) as a ballet master in
year 1722. The following year he published first of his five
volumes of Sonata for Violin and Keyboard and dedicated
them to wealthy royal patrons of Paris.
Leclair unlike most Baroque composers, had his works
written almost in detail with all ornamentation notated in
full and most his music are inclined to moderate tempo.
This suggest his disgust on extremities such as extravagant
ornamentation improvised by performers.
Violin Sonata performed today is the 3 sonata from Op.
9 with a total of 4 movements in the conventional Italian
Baroque Model (fast slow fast) composition. This work
reminiscence the French Folk Songs and Dances with 4/4
time.

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (1882 1971) Italienne Suite

No. 1 and No. 2
(6 00)
i.
ii.

Introduzione
Serenata
In the years after World War I, Stravinsky was in a
dilemma deciding works as an encore after his premier
of THE RITE OF SPRING in 1913. It was the result of
war that sources of income was at scare. He was
approached by Diaghiler to re- orchestrate early music
based on theme by Giovanni Pergolesi, thus the possible
source of income. The music was initially written for a
ballet featuring Pullcinella which was an early opera with
instrumental music dated back to 16th Century.
Stravinsky had then rewritten this suite by keeping
the original melody line but blending in his own style of
harmonic language and structure, making it fondler for
the orchestra. The first published Italienne Suite was
made for cello and piano and the following years he
made another arrangement for violin and piano with
Samuel Dushkin and also named it Suite Italienne.

The Violin version of the piece consist of 7

movements of which the first two movements are being
performed today. The introduzion opens in G major with
fanfare like rhythms depicting the commencement of
the

opera,

then

with

various

modulation

therein

representing the different characters of the show.

Serenata however is contrasting whether in mood or
style. The tormenting sounds reveal how Pullcinella felt.
This movement is taken from an aria sung with guitar in
Pergolesis last opera Flaminio.