Sonata In G Minor

The entire four movements of Henry Eccles' Sonata in G Minor for ViolonCello and Piano remain in the key of G minor, with many long, expressive phrases and some moments of fleet-fingered delight.Henry Eccles was a Violinist and composer of the Baroque era who was a musician to King William and Queen Mary and a member of the Royal Band of Queen Anne. The Duke d'Aumont brought him to Paris, where he entered the service of King Louis XIV. In 1720, Eccles published a book of sonatas for Violin and figured bass, from which renowned English composer Malcolm Lipkin has created this arrangement for 'Cello and Piano. / Violoncelle Et Piano