Witold Szalonek

Chaconne-Fantaisie

This work reveals the remarkable world of Szalonek's imagination. Making use of the traditional form of the chaconne, he leaves the soloist ample possibilities for interpretation - avec fantaisie - particularly in terms of agogic shifts, and also in the way the narrative is led. In Chaconne-fantaisie, the soloist displays the whole spectrum of the violin's sonoristic capac_x005Fities, especially part playing, producing contrasts of sound through characteristic figurations juxtaposing playing in different registers, playing arco and pizzicato in alternation, double stops and chords