Shostakovich Sonata No. 2 Mov 3 Finale. Valentina Lisitsa

...continues from 1st and 2nd movement video. The last movement, a finale. Those words have more meaning here than in many other sonatas, with Chopin B Flat minor a n only possible similarity. This movement is a set of variations , written on a very simple, folk-song like theme. This opening theme is for one hand only - an ultimate expression of loneliness and desolation in music. A set of variations follows the theme, some -maniacally busy and high-strung , some -- solemn and grave. Few last ones are worth our particular attention to listen to . Just like in other movements -- everything is in minor key and ANY sign of major( usually a symbol of something nicer, happier , gentler in music ) pierces the music like a ray of a bloodied sunrise on an eve of a storm. We get more and more “major“ - @ 5’:20“ when octaves in left hand are decidedly major, then @ 6’:00“.... Then, @ 7:00“ we enter the final agony in the drama of life. This variation is hauntingly similar to “dotted“ variation from Schumann’s Symph