Keyword: «chamber ensemble»

The article deals with the history of composing the “Unfinished Sonata” for viola and piano by M. I. Glinka, the characteristic features of the composer’s musical style. The author studies the artistic sides of the composition in the context of Russian chamber-ensemble art formation and development. It gives us an idea of the ways of this genre foundations forming.

The article is devoted to the analysis of N. Sidelnikov’s violin sonata. The author refers to the figurative content of the work and the features of the cycle composition, pays special attention to technical difficulties and problems of interaction between partners in the ensemble playing, and offers her own performing interpretation.