Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3

I. AS SLOW AS POSSIBLE – LENTO
II. ADAGIO

Jānis Bulavs notes, that the Sonata No. 3, uncharacteristically for Einfelde, contains constructivism and mind over emotions: “The Sonata was composed very statically, and that is why in what seems like a simple texture the performer must find something that might not even be there.” (from Velga Šaršūne’s interview with her teacher Jānis Bulavs).Maija objects: “It seems to me that the music is perhaps too emotional.”The planned premiere in the early 1990s does not take place, however, the composer’s annotation has been preserved: “The single movement Sonata is formed from contrasting episodes. Our torn impressions of today, thoughts of tomorrow, hope, uncertainty...”The second version (now in two movements) of the Sonata No. 3 is performed on February 7, 1996, at the Wagner Hall, and is performed by Jānis Bulavs and Aldis Liepiņš. “Someone said – something from Shostakovich’s Viola Sonata, but I hear something from my cycle ”Colours”, specifically from “Blue”, I stole from myself a little bit. The Sonata No. 3 was not dedicated to anyone, and I never heard this sonata again. ”Without detailed commentary – this music has the essence of Latvian in the 1990s, which many will be able to identify with, in a personal, social, political, mental, abstract, or specific way. Each with their own memories and their own survival.

Orests Silabriedis /LMIC 129/SKANi "Maija EInfelde: Violin sonatas"/