My "Sonata for Solo Violin" (2014) is a work in three movements, titled Reeyill, Aire and Jigg, each inspired by a traditional Irish music form (reel, air, jig). The whole lasts around 15 minutes and the movements are fast, slow and fast again, with the triple metre of the final movement balancing the more duple feel of the opening. There is no ‘story’ behind the work, it is rather an exploration of how old forms can be somewhat deconstructed yet still retain something of their character.
The work's central Aire is based on an original melody of my own, written in the style of an old Irish air, the kind of thing Irish sean-nós singers might sing.

"Sonata for Solo Violin" was written for, and is dedicated to Alina Ibragimova.

Sonata for solo violin

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Ian Wilson (Belfast, 1964) has composed over 200 works in many different genres which have been performed and broadcast on six continents. He is a member of Aosdána, Ireland’s national association of creative artists, and his music is published by G. Ricordi & Co. Ltd and Universal Edition. 
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Sonata for solo violin

Ian Wilson, composer