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Sonatina

for ’Cello and Piano

Peter Thompson

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	Peter Thompson’s Sonatina for Cello and Piano, from the disc From Bohemia to Wessex, is a fine example of tonal British music written in the 1980s. It is intelligent without being grating and is infused with rich and brooding British landscape. Try playing the slow movement, Andante sostenuto (4½ mins).
	—Julian Farmer

	Thompson’s Cello Sonatina is in three short movements … It is a tonal and dreamily accessible piece … It does not lack for drama: its exciting Allegro feroce finale is notable for its brusque and virile attack contrasted with glittering piano pages. The moods portrayed and established throughout are mature. The composer shows no hankering after rhetorical convention to close each of the three movements.
	—Rob Barnett, MusicWeb International (August 2016)

The Sonatina for ’Cello and Piano has been recorded commercially by Lionel Handy and Nigel Clayton on the CD From Bohemia to Wessex (available from Fand).

You can listen to the entire recording of this work, in full, on YouTube, as shown below.

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		Composer	Title	Forces	Total duration
		Peter Thompson	Sonatina for ’Cello and Piano	’Cello, Piano	10 mins
	#	Composer	Movement	Forces	Duration
	1	Peter Thompson	I: Allegretto flessibile	’Cello, Piano	3½ mins
	2		II: Andante sostenuto		4¼ mins
	3		III: Allegro feroce		2 mins

Recorded performance

Lionel Handy, cello, Nigel Clayton, piano
from the CD From Bohemia to Wessex: Cello Music from the Twentieth Century.

Videos

1st movement:

2nd movement:

3rd movement:

Above are the three separate movements of the Cello Sonatina for ease of playing individually.

Catalogue code: FM094 • Published: 2001
Entry last updated: 23rd April 2025