Hakim: Variations on Ludwig van Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy'
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Shipping Policy- Composer: Naji Hakim (1955-)
- Instrumentation: String Quartet (Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello)
- Work: Variations on Ludwig van Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy' (2024)
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- Size: 8.9 x 12.0 inches
Description
his work is built on the theme of the "Ode to Joy", extracted from the 4th movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony. The exposition of the theme, Allegro assai vivace - Alla Marcia, in Beethoven's harmonization in D Major, is followed by three variations that progressively lengthen, with significantly increasing durations, connected by harmonic thirds: B-flat Major, F-sharp Major, and D Major.
The first variation, Allegro con moto, in ternary form, is distinguished by the ornamentation of the theme with anapestic rhythmic formulas (two long, one short) followed by proceleusmatic formulas (four short), giving the movement a carefree and light character. A central section, in the Minor mode and in triplets, develops the head of the theme on the first violin, accompanied by a pedal group in the cello, recalling the coda of the first movement of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
The second variation, Moderato, establishes an ostinato in the second violin, defining a rhythmic stratum in amphimacer (long, short, long), characteristic of the second movement of the 9th Symphony. The theme develops in ornamentation in the viola and receives a contrapuntal accompaniment in the first violin and cello. The quartet adopts the persistent amphimacer in a homorhythmic coda.
The final variation is structured in two parts. An Allegro with modulating counterpoint, built on a fragment of the theme, unfolds within a ditrochaic rhythmic framework (long, short, long, short), freely ornamented and varied. It transitions into an extended ornamental development of the entire theme, Moderato, in dulci jubilo, reminiscent of the texture of certain passages in the third movement of the 9th Symphony. The writing in this section is distinguished by three contrapuntal layers: the first, in a perpetuum mobile of triplet sixteenth notes in the first violin, generously adorning the theme; the second, an imitation between the second violin and viola, progresses through harmonic exchange in pizzicato sextuplets of sixteenth notes and highlights the melodic line in arco eighth notes (implying a persistent iambic rhythm); finally, the third and last layer is in pizzicato triplet eighth notes in the cello. in the coda, the first and second violins share the ornamental arabesques and pizzicatos in relay until the final chord, in gentle joy.
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Hakim: Variations on Ludwig van Beethoven's 'Ode to Joy'
