Piano Sonata in F, Episode 4

The development gets off to a dense start in C, then rumbles from the depths through c minor to the heights in E-flat with the more melodic second subject. A hint of fugue follows in A-flat, only to be interrupted by block chords in f minor. The motive from the first subject makes a brief appearance in A major, followed by an elongated bit from the end of the second subject in D major, which leads naturally to G major and C major, and finally the recapitulation starting in bar 141.

Piano Sonata in F, Episode 3

This completes the exposition. The melodic emphasis is intended to be the quarter-eighth and eighth-quarter note rhythm, which moves back and forth between the two hands into the coda where echoes of the introduction take over. The coda departs from C major, passes through E minor to end on G major in preparation for the development, which starts in C major. There is work yet to be done on articulation, but I’ll return to that later.

Piano Sonata in F, Episode 2

The transition between the two sets of thematic material derives from the introduction but is mostly in G major, serving as the dominant to the less angular, almost melodic second subject. The somewhat icy sound so far is appropriate to the form of precipitation recently delivered by our Canadian friends.