Features of the performance of sonatas for solo violin by I. Khandoshkin

Alieva Zarema Ebazerovna

The article is dedicated to the composer and performer Ivan Khandoshkin. The famous Russian virtuoso violinist had a noticeable influence on the formation of the national instrumental style. The article presents a panorama of Russian music of the 18th century. in various forms of its existence. The characteristic features of the emerging national style in the synthesis of European forms, genres and characteristic features of Russian music are determined. Three violin solo sonatas - the pinnacle of Ivan Khandoshkin's virtuoso instrumental style - are viewed as a single microcycle. In this article, the author proposes the concept of a metacycle of three sonatas by Ivan Khandoshkin for solo violin, united by a series of arched themes. Khandoshkin reformed the principles of development and textured resources, combining the laws of classical and baroque variations, meticulous craftsmanship, imitation of Bach's polyphonic music. By combining the skills and methods of performance accumulated in violin schools in Germany, Italy and France, Khandoshkin developed his own style of playing and opened up new possibilities for combination. The author comes to the conclusion that in each sonata and in the entire metacycle there is a process of accumulating technical complexity from the beginning to the end of the piece.

Keywords:Khandoshkin, violin, solo, sonata, metacycle, structure, leitmotif, stroke combinations, concept.