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00:03 I. Allegretto sostenuto - Tranquillo
05:04 II. Come una improvisazione - Poco adagio
08:58 III. Poco allegro - Allegro molto - Tranquillo
Olivier Charlier, violin
Geoffrey Tozer, piano
Note that the phrase from 09:41 to 09:51 in the third movement is not included in this score. I used the IMSLP score, which appears to be complete, so it is likely this phrase was added in a later edition. To follow the score again at 09:51, start from the second bar of the first system rather than the first.
John Blackwood McEwen (1868-1948) was a Scottish composer and educator, most notable for his decades-long tenure teaching composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. For more on McEwen, see my score video of his fourth string quartet: youtu.be/Dvk6pWg_VAc
McEwen was a prolific composer of chamber music, writing not only seventeen string quartets but also six quite individual, expressive, and often virtuosic violin sonatas. This sonata, the second of the series, was written in 1914 and draws from the composer's typical mélange of influences; English pastoralism, harmonic ideas from around the European continent, and a dash of Scottish folk music (albeit less prominently than in some of his other works.)
The score and violin part can be found on IMSLP here: imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Sonata_No.2_(McEwen%2C_John_Blackwood)
00:03 I. Allegretto sostenuto - Tranquillo
05:04 II. Come una improvisazione - Poco adagio
08:58 III. Poco allegro - Allegro molto - Tranquillo
Olivier Charlier, violin
Geoffrey Tozer, piano
Note that the phrase from 09:41 to 09:51 in the third movement is not included in this score. I used the IMSLP score, which appears to be complete, so it is likely this phrase was added in a later edition. To follow the score again at 09:51, start from the second bar of the first system rather than the first.
John Blackwood McEwen (1868-1948) was a Scottish composer and educator, most notable for his decades-long tenure teaching composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London. For more on McEwen, see my score video of his fourth string quartet: youtu.be/Dvk6pWg_VAc
McEwen was a prolific composer of chamber music, writing not only seventeen string quartets but also six quite individual, expressive, and often virtuosic violin sonatas. This sonata, the second of the series, was written in 1914 and draws from the composer's typical mélange of influences; English pastoralism, harmonic ideas from around the European continent, and a dash of Scottish folk music (albeit less prominently than in some of his other works.)
The score and violin part can be found on IMSLP here: imslp.org/wiki/Violin_Sonata_No.2_(McEwen%2C_John_Blackwood)
