Haydn opens this sonata by repeating the same phrase three times, and how you shape each return is open. Roman Rabinovich plays through the choices, from an echoed second statement to a steady crescendo, and shares the one he prefers.
In this course, Roman Rabinovich shares his interpretation of Haydn’s Sonata in B minor, Hob. XVI: 32. One of only five Sonatas Haydn wrote in a minor key, this sonata is intense and dark, coming from the tradition of Sturm Und Drang, a literary movement that emphasized a heightened sense of emotion.
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