Sonata No. 8 in F minor, mvt. 3 - Anger

Andrew Hendrickson

This sonata was written in the wake of the COVID pandemic from 2021 to 2023. Its movements express my feelings about the madness of it all. Our world is unjust and only getting more terrifying with each passing year. May we find a way to overcome this cancerous capitalist oligarchy and build a new, better world that supports us instead of exploiting us.

The opening chord in this movement sounds different depending on whether you listened to the end of the second movement first. The ending sound in this movement is that of the key cover of the piano being slammed shut with the sustain pedal held down.