"The Guitar Makes Dreams Weep". Poulenc Violin Sonata

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Francis Poulenc - Sonata for Violin and Piano (2nd movement).
Anastasiia Mazurok - violin
Mark Livshits - piano
This sonata is one of the two string sonatas written by Poulenc in wartime (1942-43). It is dedicated to the Spanish poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who was murdered at the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War.
It was first premiered in Paris with Poulenc at the piano and his friend Ginette Neveu playing the violin.
The second movement has a quotation from Lorca “the guitar makes dreams weep”.
The opening chords of the piano and pizzicatos of the violin carry the guitar’s open strings harmonies. The movement is very flowing and dreamy, it represents an intimate dialogue, love in wartime.
After the climax, the joy of love gives way to the sadness and desperation of the final choral. Bizarre harmonies and unexpected shifts lead to the last glissando into nowhere (c) Anastasiia Mazurok

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[@rjlchristie]

Strange to put that title to a work sans guitar.
BTW Poulenc wrote only one work for solo guitar, in 1960. A single page masterpiece with the title Sarabande, dedicated to late French guitarist Ida Presti.