Frank Bridge ‒ Piano Sonata, H.160
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- Frank Bridge (1879 - 1941), Piano Sonata, H.160 (1921 - 1924)
Performed by Ashley Wass
The characteristics of Bridge’s late style are foreshadowed in the sonata. There is dissonance arising from bi-tonal and intensely chromatic harmony; the phrase structure differs from the smoothness of his earlier music, reflecting the more complex harmony, with balanced musical sentences replaced by phrases of varied lengths; lastly there are rapidly alternating changes of mood and intensity. What is also manifest throughout is a technical mastery in his command of the overall formal structure and in his writing for the instrument.
The first movement is cast in sonata form, and like many of Bridge’s works it begins with a slow introduction in which the germs of the entire work are introduced, then subsequently developed by an organic process. Here there are two main ideas: the first a brooding processional that grows from a repeated note, with ominous doom-laden chords below; the second a consoling melodic phrase, quintessentially Bridge in character, marked by a grace note. The latter may be thought of as motto theme since allusions are made to it in all three movements. Harmonically the music is ambiguous in its tonality and frequently bi-tonal which adds to the tension of the fast music that now erupts. As it lurches from one climax to another, amidst the evident anguish and pain, moments of solace and consolation based on the motto theme fleetingly appear, but time and again the battle is rejoined until the processional finally reappears as at the opening, but now with the repeated notes hammered out fortississimo as if in railing despair, before a fast coda halts the movement tersely.
The still slow movement, arch-form in structure, offers a haven of calm amidst the slaughter, an elegy mourning not only the waste of life, but equally the futility of war. Overall the chromaticism is less intense than the outer movements although initially, in the sombre opening paragraph the harmony still inhabits the dark world of the first movement. It gives way to a tender melody of elusive beauty which is heard initially in a sparse single line over soft chords. With a central section the music becomes more elegiac and brings fleeting hints of the motto theme, before the tender theme, now elaborated, returns followed by the opening music, and a peaceful coda alluding again to the main melody now shrouded within chords.
In the finale, after the briefest of introductions, the strife returns with a menacing march of destruction, which vividly evokes archive newsreel images of wave upon wave of soldiers going over the top of the trenches, only to be mercilessly mown down. In between its two main appearances, an expressive theme is developed and the motto theme is heard again, but now a mangled, distorted version of its former self, as the music hurtles to two vehement climaxes. At the end the music returns full circle with the reappearance of the processional amidst swaying chords like tolling bells. The motto makes its final appearance but now drained of all hope and the sonata ends in a mood of utter bleakness.
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Fantastic sonata. I've only recently gotten into Bridge's music, and have so far mainly listened to his piano miniatures and character pieces, so I was very curious as to how he was going to handle a larger scale work like this, and I am not disappointed. He keeps all his lyrical intimacy, and harmonic appeal, while combining it with an obviously great knowledge and intuition regarding structure. I love how the second movements themes are reminiscent of the first's, and the development and combination of the opening chords with the third mat's theme. Great stuff. Excited to get into his orchestral compositions!
Beautiful performance by Wass. He knows how to get the sweep and think orchestrally. Very interesting sonata, way ahead of its time.
An unbelievably beautiful piece of music. And a stunning performance.
I had resisted listening to Frank Bridge - to my loss. This is powerful music. Unfortunately it reminds me of my blackjack playing in Las Vegas. There was some beauty amidst the frenzied play. This is rich and immensely intoxicating. Thank you.
why would you have resisted it?
It reminds me of playing bridge rather than blackjack, lol.
Britten was student of Bridge but the older composer has a much more modern way of writing.
absolutely LOVE the bit that starts from 7:36
breathtaking. literally, I'm having trouble breathing. I'll recover... so good. I'm a huge Frank Bridge stan, Oration, Allegro Moderato, etc, but I didn't know this piece. damn. now I do.
This piece is really starting to make sense to me. The 3rd Mvt in particular is growing on me.
Wonderful! And the pianist is excelent.
Ricardo Sosa. Agreed, an exceptional pianist
Absolutely stunning. Deserves much better recognition.
youtube knows i’m in my contemporary sonata phase. i find a new one every day
I heard the Florent Schmitt "Symphonia Janiana" at age 19 and fell in love more specifically with French music of this time. Then in college I performed the Alban Berg Op. 1 on recital. I wouldn't say the Bridge sonata is similar to it. (In fact, if anything it invokes Scriabin to me.) But it reminds me how the Berg sonata showed me how so much music of this time across all boundaries resonates so deeply in me. The Bridge sonata is definitely part of this legacy.
To the best of my knowledge this is the only piano sonata he wrote. Such a shame. He had much more to give in this genre. A wonderful piece of composition.
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Спасибо за то.что вы делаете.
R.I.P. Hexameron.
(some fantastic music as well! It just reminded me of that great loss)
Haden Plouffe Hexameron (the person known as....) died ?
Please elaborate--has he died? I believe i knew him.
I too am confused--who is Hexameron (with the additional names you reference)?
A similar classical music TH-camr whose channel was deleted due to copyright issues.
I wonder whatever happened to the person running the channel! We used to correspond
amazing, how many interesting composer in this world keep unknown in wide public and create such good music compositions...and he belongs to them, this composition of him reminds me also to ' busoni and berg '
Couldn't agree more!
they are unknown for a reason, they make bad music.
@@segmentsAndCurves I don't dislike pop music, so you are wrong.
@@segmentsAndCurves no, it doesn't, you just made up presumtions
@@segmentsAndCurves I assume you cannot differentiate between what is good and bad and what you like or dislike, I think pop music is bad music, but I don't dislike it
Thanks for posting. This is a great work. Someday it will be in the standard repertoire.
Love this sonata.
around 1.40. (lento) extremely reminiscent of feinbergs sixth sonata. great piece!
Amaziing, thank you!!
Gorgeous opening
Those first few measures are filled with such darkness. Like an evil entity peering over your shoulder
Truly Beautiful
Naxos have a wonderful CD of Ashley Wass performing this work and other material by Frank Bridge. This music is tortured and captivating and makes a refreshing change from composers such as Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven whose music I also love. Bridge was undoubtedly a very talented composer.
Thank you for the upload! And such wonderful playing! As far as what I heard do far, this composer has a music that is full of beautiful chords and passages, but I feel a bit frustrated that, to my limited perception, they seem to go nowhere, and after a while it gets monotonous. Then again, it might be me, and it might also be my present inability to appreciate this music. This does not in any way belittle the effort, skill and time put into bringing forth this interpretation. Thank you!
Not sure
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nice
1st movement sounds like Scriabin Sonata 5 :)
Lol how?
Yeah I don't hear that at all . Highlight the exact spots for us if u want
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He has a lot of Scriabin vibes
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I feel quite a strong influence of Scrjabin and Rachmaninoff
***** lol
Poor Frank.....
the funny thing is, this only kind of sounds like Bridge
kind of rambles on a first listen; according to Wikipedia this "new" harmonic idiom was more successfully rendered in the 3rd string quartet :-)
This composer stands on his own. There is no need to compare this music to the music of Scriabin or Rachmaninoff. First of all there is nothing common in there. second, I don't get it why some people try to show off their music knowledge by comparing composers. What's the point? After all, music by Mozart, Haydn, and early Beethoven sounds criminally the same. Do you compare those guys too? Don't compare, try to hear an individual voice of each composer
Strongly reminds me of Scriabin's later piano works, beautiful :) Check out "Roger Woodward - Scriabin Late Piano Works" if you like this one here.
Thinking of Scriabin while listening...
Uh, I don't agree with this sentence after a year. How could I ever write that?
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perhaps the best piano sonata beside Prokofiev and Scriabin
he must be learned from scriabin's works,because in this sonata,many of music texture techniques are based on scriabin's personality
They live at the same time, but unfortunately Scriabin is better known…
@@MrRbjunior83 It would be unwise to say they lived at the same time or the fact that Scriabin is better known is unfortunate.
Based
What does that mean?
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For me this piece is just plain boring compared to the great composers. Bridge will never be anything other than a minor composer for most classical music lovers.
Your loss :( To me, this work has a beautiful darkness and density you rarely see together so convincingly. There are certainly some rough spots, but also some absolutely jaw-dropping moments alongside them, overall well worth repeated listens.