Mieczysław Weinberg - Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 37 (1947)

Mieczysław Weinberg (also Moisey or Moishe Vainberg, Moisey Samuilovich Vaynberg; Russian: Моисей Самуилович Вайнберг; Polish: Mojsze [Mieczysław] Wajnberg; 8 December 1919 – 26 February 1996) was a Polish-born Soviet composer. Ever since a revival concert series in the 2010 Bregenz Festival in Austria, his music has been increasingly described as "some of the most individual and compelling music of the twentieth century". Weinberg's output was extensive, encompassing 26 symphonies, 17 string quartets, nearly 30 sonatas for various instruments, 7 operas, and numerous film scores.

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Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 37 (1947)
Dedication: Mikhail Fichtenholz

I. Allegro moderato (0:00)
II. Andantino (4:13)
III. Allegretto cantabile - Lento (12:30)

Yuri Kalnits, violin and Michael Csanyi-Wills, piano

In the third movement, Allegretto cantabile, Weinberg uses the same Jewish dance style (freylekhs) as the last movement of Shostakovich’s Piano Trio no. 2 op. 67 (composed in1944). According to the Jewish English Lexicon, freylekhs is a lively song or dance performed
at Jewish private parties or celebrations. The term is also described as a joyful Nigun (Jewish religious song), featuring a choreography that fits its duple meter. A similar treatment of the texture is used in both Weinberg’s Finale of his Sonata no. 3 and Shostakovich Finale of his 2nd
Piano Trio. The piano plays the melodic line in octaves while the violin in Weinberg’s sonata and violin and cello in Shostakovich’s piano trio play pizzicato. In the Finale of Shostakovich’s Piano Trio no. 2, in mm. 29-41, the cello plays on the downbeat and third beat, while the violin
plays the off beats. The piano has the melodic line in both the left hand and right hand, written two octaves apart from each other.