In his Sonata for piano, John Ireland balances titanic power with moments of exquisite delicacy. This piece has the bold harmonic choices and individualism that characterized Ireland’s later works; forecasting elements of Sarnia, and reminiscent of Ragamuffin, a piece for violin and piano. One of Ireland’s composition pupils recorded in his diary some of Ireland’s own thoughts about the work, he considered the first movement to be ‘Life’, the second ‘more ecstatic’ and the third ‘inspired by a rough autumnal day on Chanctonbury Ring & old British Encampment’. This piece is an important part of the British repertoire for solo piano.
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