The Sonata for Oboe and Piano is in three movements.

The first starts with a robust, dotted rhythm in the piano interrupted by cadenza-like passages in the oboe. The other themes of the exposition are more lyrical in character. The development section in the middle owes its dramatic impact to the motif of the opening bars. It reaches its dramatic climax with a strong varied "ff" statement of the beginning. A changed recapitulation and a short Coda conclude the movement in the opening key of E-minor.

The opening bars of the piano in the second movement remind us of the sound of a harp which descends on a chord consisting of five super-imposed thirds. This colour is contrasted by an expressive line in the oboe. After a varied repeat of these two contrasting motifs, the music continues first in the lyrical mood of the oboe but gradually reaches a passionate climax. After that the music returns slowly to the quiet two moods of the beginning.

The last movement is lively and exuberant with frequent changes in time signature.

Stylistically this composition moves between the two directions, called by historians of this century, Neoclacissism and Neoromanticism.