Piano Sonata #10 in D major - Reverie des Nuages
The "Piano Sonata #10 in D major" (Reverie des Nuages) is one of many pieces for solo piano that James Domine composed during the lost pandemic years of 2020-1. Written first under the title "Reverie" in the Spring of 2020, Domine expanded the piece to the sonata form in February of 2021 because “there was more to say on the subject.” The sonata is given the descriptive subtitle “Reverie des Nuages” because clouds lend themselves naturally to dreamlike contemplation that has often been set metaphorically to music.
An enigmatic, somewhat inquisitive opening theme sets in motion a sequence of contemplative passages that range the expressive gamut from melancholy sadness to playful happiness, emerging finally to an exuberant, almost transcendent hopefulness. From start to finish the sonata is imbued with a sense of searching, as though in pursuit of the musical resolution to an unanswered question.
The "Piano Sonata #10 in D major" (Reverie des Nuages) is one of many pieces for solo piano that James Domine composed during the lost pandemic years of 2020-1. Written first under the title "Reverie" in the Spring of 2020, Domine expanded the piece to the sonata form in February of 2021 because “there was more to say on the subject.” The sonata is given the descriptive subtitle “Reverie des Nuages” because clouds lend themselves naturally to dreamlike contemplation that has often been set metaphorically to music.
An enigmatic, somewhat inquisitive opening theme sets in motion a sequence of contemplative passages that range the expressive gamut from melancholy sadness to playful happiness, emerging finally to an exuberant, almost transcendent hopefulness. From start to finish the sonata is imbued with a sense of searching, as though in pursuit of the musical resolution to an unanswered question.
The "Piano Sonata #10 in D major" (Reverie des Nuages) is one of many pieces for solo piano that James Domine composed during the lost pandemic years of 2020-1. Written first under the title "Reverie" in the Spring of 2020, Domine expanded the piece to the sonata form in February of 2021 because “there was more to say on the subject.” The sonata is given the descriptive subtitle “Reverie des Nuages” because clouds lend themselves naturally to dreamlike contemplation that has often been set metaphorically to music.
An enigmatic, somewhat inquisitive opening theme sets in motion a sequence of contemplative passages that range the expressive gamut from melancholy sadness to playful happiness, emerging finally to an exuberant, almost transcendent hopefulness. From start to finish the sonata is imbued with a sense of searching, as though in pursuit of the musical resolution to an unanswered question.