Piano Sonata No.1 "Jovial Rhythms"
David Rubinstein
for piano
the Sonata is in two movements:
1. Allegro preciso, non troppo legato
2. Toccata: allegro
Piano Sonata No.1 (“Jovial Rhythms”), composed in 1996, is a crossover between new-age minimalism and the classical sonatas of the Haydn-Mozart era, minus the slow middle movement. The first movement, a sonata-allegro with a syncopated first theme, is followed by a toccata featuring a polyrhythm of six eighths in the right hand against four eighths in the left hand. The composer gave its world premiere in 2000 at a concert featuring Hollywood composers at the Church of the Lighted Window, La Canada, California.
