Kleine Sonata, Op. 16
A video of Wilhelm Grosz's Kleine Sonata Op. 16 performed by Ian Buckle at Out of the Shadows Festival, Leeds.
Kleine Sonata für Klavier (zu zwei Händen), Op. 16
Wilhelm Grosz's four-movement Kleine Sonata for piano was composed in the winter of 1922, and published by Universal Edition in 1923. The composer's opus listing comments that the third movement was rearranged for violin and piano later in 1923, but the manuscript for this arrangement is presumably lost.
Ian Buckle performs Wilhelm Grosz's Kleine Sonata Op. 16 for piano solo, at the Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, School of Music, The University of Leeds. The performance is part of a chamber music recital entitled Fates and Fairytales: the Music of Wilhelm Grosz and Zigmund Schul.
The movements of the Sonata are as follows:
I Sehr rhythmisch (very rhythmical)
II So schnell als möglich; Trio (as fast as possible, trio)
III Sehr ruhig und einfach, wie ein Lied (Very peaceful and simple, like a song)
IV Sehr lustig. Variationen über 'Liebe läßt sich nicht vergessen (Very humorous. Variations after the song 'Love cannot be forgotten'). Note: 'Love cannot be forgotten' is from Grosz's Liebeslieder Op. 10
The performance lasts approximately 15 minutes 27 seconds.