Southland Sketches: Movement II

(Starts at 2:33)

Program Note: "Composed in 1916, Harry Thacker Burleigh’s Southland Sketches is a great example of Burleigh’s quintessential American style. Scored for violin and piano, Southland Sketches takes the listener on a journey through various quirks of the American style that Burleigh pioneered in the early 1900s.

A piano introduction opens the second sketch, which is marked slower than the previous movement. The lilting violin theme is supported by chordal movement from the piano. The climax is met as the violin soars into its upper range, the dynamic begins to drop as the opening theme is heard once more, although this time as a fully-realized theme. The piece ends with the two voices uniting on the final chord." - Alex Burns

Table of Contents:
Introduction and Movement I
Movement II
Movement III
Movement IV